Annual 'Latino Day at the Legislature' takes serious tone amid ICE raids; City of Atlanta and Chattahoochee Riverkeeper settle Clean Water Act lawsuit; and the end of a 50-year era. Art Papers announces it will cease publication at the end of the year. 

Annual 'Latino Day at the Legislature' takes serious tone amid ICE raids; City of Atlanta and Chattahoochee Riverkeeper settle Clean Water Act lawsuit; and the end of a 50-year era. Art Papers announces it will cease publication at the end of the year.&nbsp;

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The Brief for Thursday, February 5, 2026

Ten-thousand gallons of jet fuel leaked from Hartsfield-Jackson, EPA says; AJC to cut 15% of workforce, half from its newsroom; and a fourth GOP U.S. Representative from Georgia will not be running for re-election to the House.  

Ten-thousand gallons of jet fuel leaked from Hartsfield-Jackson, EPA says; AJC to cut 15% of workforce, half from its newsroom; and a fourth GOP U.S. Representative from Georgia will not be running for re-election to the House.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The Brief for Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Memorial details are released for slain Gwinnett County officer; a Georgia billionaire inspired by Donald Trump enters race for governor; and a push for metal detectors for all Georgia schools advances under the Gold Dome. 

Memorial details are released for slain Gwinnett County officer; a Georgia billionaire inspired by Donald Trump enters race for governor; and a push for metal detectors for all Georgia schools advances under the Gold Dome.&nbsp;

The Brief for Tuesday, February 3, 2026

A Gwinnett County police officer is dead, another seriously injured, after a shootout inside a local hotel room; the latest between President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney puts Savannah-based Gulfstream Aerospace at the center of the controversy; and who's at fault after decades of toxic PFAS releases directly into water sources for parts of North Georgia and Alabama?  

A Gwinnett County police officer is dead, another seriously injured, after a shootout inside a local hotel room; the latest between President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney puts Savannah-based Gulfstream Aerospace at the center of the controversy; and who's at fault after decades of toxic PFAS releases directly into water sources for parts of North Georgia and Alabama?&nbsp;&nbsp;

The Brief for Thursday, February 5, 2026

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