What’s behind a significant drop in the number of voters registering at Georgia’s Department of Driver Services offices? Voting rights advocates want state officials to investigate. Victims of forced labor at the Chattahoochee Brick Company were remembered at a memorial over the weekend as the city of Atlanta mulls plans to purchase the land. New car prices in Atlanta are among the highest in the nation; and students at a Cobb County high school want the name of a Confederate general taken off their school building. 

<p>What’s behind a significant drop in the number of voters registering at Georgia’s Department of Driver Services offices? Voting rights advocates want state officials to investigate. Victims of forced labor at the Chattahoochee Brick Company were remembered at a memorial over the weekend as the city of Atlanta mulls plans to purchase the land. New car prices in Atlanta are among the highest in the nation; and students at a Cobb County high school want the name of a Confederate general taken off their school building.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>The Brief from WABE brings you daily news with context from Atlanta's public media outlet and National Public Radio member station. The Brief from WABE is updated daily before 7pm with a look at what is happening in the metro Atlanta area brought to you by your WABE News Team.</p>