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  • 90.1FM WABE
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Past articles by Elly:

Why The Pandemic Took An Especially High Mental Health Toll On New Parents

From panic attacks, anxiety and a sharp uptick in postpartum depression, we talk to new parents about why the last few years felt more frightening and difficult. → Read More

Brookhaven Approves Moratorium On New Development On Buford Highway

The city of Brookhaven is imposing a six-month moratorium on new development along Buford Highway as the city rewrites its zoning codes. The city council voted unanimously on Tuesday night. Buford Highway, which runs through the DeKalb city, has been known in the Atlanta area for its array of immigrant businesses, → Read More

Fulton County Jail Program Helps Inmates Withdrawing From Opioids

Fulton County Jail has launched a new program to help inmates who are experiencing withdrawal from opioids. The jail will start administering the drug buprenorphine through its health care contractor, NaphCare, to treat patients with opioid withdrawal symptoms. In a wing inside Fulton County Jail, nurse Kem Houston → Read More

Rep. Lewis calls for end to ‘unjust’ immigrant detention system

Rep. John Lewis sends a letter to fellow members of Congress, calling on them to “end an unjust detention system” and citing Reveal’s investigation. → Read More

Staff describe Georgia immigrant detention center as ‘ticking bomb’

Stewart Detention Center, where two immigrants died, had no psychiatrist and dangerously low staffing levels, internal records show. → Read More

Georgia GOP Candidates Spar Over Each Other's Records In Debate

Immigration and gun rights were among the major issues debated Thursday night by the five Republican candidates for Georgia governor. But as the candidates share similar views on issues, they spent a good portion of the debate sparring over each other's records and background. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, questioned Hunter → Read More

Report: Immigration Enforcement Up In Gwinnett County Since Trump Took Office

Gwinnett County's jail has transferred more than twice as many people into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody since President Donald Trump took office, according to a report released Tuesday by the Migration Policy Institute. The report looked at how immigration enforcement has changed under Trump’s → Read More

ER Doctors Launch Video Campaign Against Anthem’s ER Policy

Last summer, Anthem’s Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia changed its emergency room policy to stop covering trips to the ER it deems unnecessary. As the ins → Read More

Ga. Supreme Court Refuses To Hear DACA In-State Tuition Case

The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from a group of immigrant students who are seeking to pay in-state tuition at the state’s pub → Read More

Under Ga. Bill, Elder Care Workers Face Stricter Background Checks

Nursing home workers in Georgia will have to go through tougher background checks under a bill that's before Gov. Nathan Deal. The measure, if signed, woul → Read More

GSU Gets Grant To Help Improve Care For Nursing Home Residents

Georgia State University is receiving $1.6 million to improve the care of people living in nursing homes in the state. The three-year project is geared tow → Read More

As Insurance Contract Disputes Continue, Some Consider Legislation

Piedmont Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia are still in negotiations over a new contract in a dispute that has left tens of thousands in Geo → Read More

Former Atlanta Official Indicted on Bribery Charges

A federal grand jury has indicted a former Atlanta city official in the continuing corruption investigation at City Hall. Mitzi Bickers, who was the direct → Read More

Gov. Deal: State To Help Employees Affected By Blue Cross, Piedmont Dispute

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal is stepping into the health care contract dispute that's left hundreds of thousands of residents covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield → Read More

Georgians Anxious As No Deal Reached Between Piedmont And Blue Cross

Hundreds of thousands of Georgians are now out of network with Piedmont doctors and hospitals after Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia and Piedmont Healthca → Read More

Legislation Meets Its Fate On Last Day Of The 2018 Session

Georgia’s 2018 legislative session is in the books. The House and Senate passed a number of bills on Sine Die, the final day of the session, while others d → Read More

New Georgia Immigration Enforcement Measure 'Worst' Yet, Advocates Say

The Georgia House is scheduled to vote on a bill Thursday that would require local police, prosecutors and courts to help with federal immigration enforcem → Read More

Ga. Statehouse Split Over Childhood Sexual Abuse Bill

Both the state House and state Senate are expected to vote Tuesday on versions of bills that would extend the statute of limitations for victims of child s → Read More

Atlanta Bail Reform Undercut By Ga. Bill, Advocates Say

Bail reform advocates say a provision added to an immigration enforcement bill in the state legislature would preempt a new Atlanta law that changed the ci → Read More

Ga. House Committee Approves Immigration Enforcement Bill

A state House panel approved a bill Tuesday originally intended to require local law enforcement to help with immigration enforcement. The bill passed out → Read More