WABE's Week In Review
Kemp says Georgia will not delay primary to redraw districts but calls for new lines by 2028
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp says he will not delay the May 19th party primaries to allow for a special session to redraw congressional and state legislative lines following the controversial US Supreme Court decision that advocates say weakens the Voting Rights Act. Plus, an environmental group is …
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Congressman dead at 80 and wildfires ravage parts of Southeast Georgia
We have a remembrance of Congressman David Scott, who died this week at the age of 80. And we hear what three major candidates for Georgia governor are saying about a significant impending issue: How Georgia will count votes after a 2024 law banned QR codes from being used in tabulation takes effec…
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Trump nominates a CDC director and state officials scramble to meet new voting measures
President Trump nominates another potential director of the CDC. And with a deadline looming to change how Georgia's ballots get counted in November, state leaders are scrambling to find a solution. Plus some community members and advocates say they’re frustrated, after no bills related to the data…
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Immigrant detention warehouses spark another major issue and are electricity rates creating affordability problems?
A lack of information as the federal government bought Georgia warehouses to detain immigrants has exposed a whole other, non-immigration issue: There is no liaison to navigate between federal agencies and local officials. Plus, a key state lawmaker is raising constitutional questions about the hom…
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Taxes, elections and data centers take center stage at the legislative session and gas prices still spiking
We take a look at several high-profile pieces of legislation that passed and failed at the state Capitol as the session wrapped up this week, including taxes breaks, education funding, data center reform and election changes. Plus, Georgia is seeing little relief at the gas pumps even after the sta…
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Georgia senators call to abandon ICE facility plans and the state could eliminate daylight saving time
"No Kings" protests are kicking off nationwide, including several in Georgia. Plus, Georgia’s U.S. Senators are calling on new Department of Homeland Security leadership to abandon plans to open an immigration detention facility about an hour east of Atlanta. Also, a bill that would change Georgia’…
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City officials cut off ICE's water and some TSA workers call out to take second jobs
Officials in the small city of Social Circle, about an hour east of Atlanta, have locked the water meter on the warehouse Immigration and Custom Enforcement bought to detain thousands of people. Plus, TSA workers in Atlanta and across the country have now missed one full paycheck, leading to staff…
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Georgia is set for new voting machines and the chaotic year at the CDC
The ACLU and several Georgia human rights groups are asking the Department of Homeland Security to stop detaining immigrants in temporary holding cells in the basement of an Atlanta immigration office. Plus, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis blasted Republicans at the state Capitol who sh…
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Georgia's Senate candidates talk Iran and we investigate unfulfilled parkland promises
Candidates for Georgia's U.S. Senate seat weigh in on the controversial war in Iran launched a week ago by President Trump and Israel. Plus, we go to the town of Social Circle, east of Atlanta, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement is looking at building a warehouse detention facility. And we h…
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Georgia lawmakers eye tax cuts and more abortion access restrictions
President Donald Trump was in Georgia touting his economic plan, including his sweeping tariffs. A day later, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the president exceeded his authority in implementing them. Plus, Georgia lawmakers are making key changes to tax relief, college scholarships and mental health …
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