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Candidates In Georgia's 6th Congressional District Debate
When Liz Murphy and her family moved to metro Atlanta from Houston five years ago, they picked Cobb County because of its high-performing schools. As an outspoken Democrat, she remembers wearing Hillary Clinton buttons when dropping off her kids in 2016. “It was almost like a whisper campaign. People would come up → Read More
Why Is Sovereign Immunity On The Georgia Ballot?
An amendment on this year's ballot asks people whether sovereign immunity should be waived. If it passes, Georgians can once again sue their government in state courts. Right now that is not possible, says attorney Don Samuel. “If the Legislature passes a law now that nobody over 6 feet tall can vote, you can't sue → Read More
Living On A COVID-19 Hot-Spot Campus: UGA Students Share Their Insights
The University of Georgia registered 1,417 official cases of COVID-19 this week. That puts the Athens university among the top COVID-19-infected campuses in the nation. “The UGA case rate is more than that of some countries,” said Jared Steckl, a senior majoring in business. Latvia, with a population of 2 million, → Read More
Is Georgia Really No. 1 For Business? Depends On The List
Gov. Brian Kemp has said during his recent speeches that Georgia is ranked No. 1 for business for the seventh year in a row. He never adds the attribution, noting that the ranking comes from Site Selection Magazine. Site Selection a trade publication headquartered in metro Atlanta that serves the corporate real → Read More
A Look At Georgia's New 'Heartbeat Bill' And What Happens Next
Gov. Brian Kemp signed Georgia’s restrictive abortion bill into law in early May, but the fight over H.B. 481 or the “heartbeat bill” is far from over. Civil and reproductive rights groups, such as the ACLU of Georgia, have promised to sue over the law, which bans most abortions as early as six weeks into a → Read More
The Super Bowl Helped Atlanta’s Rep, But Future Hosts Can’t Count On The Same, Survey Finds
About 35 percent of Americans say they’re more likely to think of Atlanta as a good place to visit because of media coverage of the Super Bowl this year, while 28 percent said they were less likely to visit. These were the main findings of a national survey by the American Public Media (APM) Research Lab, which → Read More
Driller Mike Gets Atlanta A Step Closer To New Reservoir
The city of Atlanta is one step closer to creating a new reservoir that will hold a 40 day emergency water supply. A massive drill called Driller Mike has completed a 5-mile tunnel from Bellwood Quarry in West Atlanta to the Hemphill water treatment plant. Once completed the reservoir will hold 2.4 billion gallons → Read More
Provisional Ballots Delay Result In GOP Lt. Governor Race
There is still no clear winner in Georgia’s Republican runoff for Lieutenant Governor. Unofficial results show former State Rep. Geoff Duncan leading State Sen. David Shafer by just over 1,741 votes after Tuesday’s runoff vote, but there are more provisional ballots than separate the two candidates. A survey of five → Read More
Roaming Atlanta Black Bear Caught And Moved To North Georgia
A 2-year-old black bear, which had been roaming around South Atlanta was caught Monday morning by a trapper from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. “He was able to dart the bear, and we are currently taking it to Gainesville to get it tattooed and then we'll relocate him in north Georgia,” Georgia DNR → Read More
After The Rain Expect Mosquito Influx In Georgia
The recent rains from tropical depression Alberto could cause an influx of mosquitoes in coming weeks, according to epidemiologists. “We’ll likely see a big emergence of flood water species of mosquitoes,” said Rosemarie Kelly, an epidemiologist with the Georgia Department of Public Health. These types of mosquitoes → Read More
SNAP Work Requirements In Federal Farm Bill May Take Toll On States
Ken Hudak is a maintenance worker at a luxury apartment complex just north of Atlanta, where he takes care of 250 residences. "I like this job a lot because it's a brand new set of buildings. So it's more changing light bulbs than, you know, replacing toilets or anything like that," he said. Just a few month ago, → Read More
Civil Rights Groups Sue Over Immigrant Labor At ICE Facility
The Southern Poverty Law Center and other groups filed a lawsuit in Federal Court in Columbus Tuesday against CoreCivic, the private contractor who runs th → Read More
Georgia Agriculture Exports Could Suffer In Possible Trade War
The Georgia Chamber of Commerce wants to shield the state’s farmers and businesses from any possible trade war with China. President Donald Trump has propo → Read More
German Business Leaders Worry About Tariff Impacts In The South
German business leaders based in Atlanta said they're concerned about President Donald Trump's threat of tariffs on steel and possibly European cars. The G → Read More
Prison Reforms Are Working, Georgia's Chief Justice Says
Georgia's top judge says prison reform measures enacted during Gov. Nathan Deal’s Administration have had a dramatic effect on incarceration rates. During → Read More
State Senators Want To Stop Nuclear Finance Fee in Georgia
A group of powerful state senators wants to limit the money Georgia Power can collect from ratepayers for the construction of nuclear power plants in Georg → Read More
17 for '17: The Closing Of Atlanta’s Largest Homeless Shelter
WABE News is looking back at the top 17 news stories in 2017. The Peachtree-Pine homeless shelter sat on the edge of downtown Atlanta and housed hundreds → Read More
Georgia Gets ACA Extension Thanks To Hurricane Irma
Georgia residents have until Dec. 31 to sign up for health insurance on the federal Marketplace exchange, because the state was impacted by Hurricane Irma. → Read More
Georgia Fights Rural Doctor Shortage By Targeting Medical Students
Brittany Chandler had a busy night shift. The first-year resident in the pediatric unit at Navicent Health medical center in Macon saw seven new admissions → Read More
Pie by Another Name: The Burekas Of Or Ve Shalom
Every Tuesday a group of women gets together at Or Ve Shalom Synagogue in Atlanta to bake hundreds of savory hand-held pies. Like us on Facebook They are c → Read More