Cobb County's school board voted this week to allow some personnel (not teachers) to carry guns in schools. It is a move facing opposition from many parents. Plus, four detainees at Stewart Detention Center say they were sexually assaulted by a staff nurse. And what, if anything, can convince hardcore conspiracy theorist that Georgia's 2020 election was not rigged? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 16, 2022•16 min•Ep. 107
Georgia Democrats look to make their primary for selecting a president more significant by moving it up the calendar. And then we have a look at why salt marshes on Georgia's coast are so important to birds, critters and climate change. Plus, how the Muscogee Creek Nation is shaping development in the Okefenokee Swamp some 200 years after they were forced out of Georgia by the U.S. government. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jul 09, 2022•16 min•Ep. 106
We look at when the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals might rule on Georgia's restrictive 2019 abortion bill that has been help up in the legal system. And we crunch the numbers to see how or if the controversial voting laws passed by state lawmakers had any impact in Georgia's May primary. Plus, sea turtles make a triumphant return on Georgia's coast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 02, 2022•16 min•Ep. 105
We look at the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade on the state. And Georgia politics had another busy week as we had a runoff election and were featured in one of the Jan. 6 Congressional hearings. And just to catch our breathe, we profile a unique food festival. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 25, 2022•16 min•Ep. 104
Officials from Georgia continue to testify at the Jan. 6 hearings on the insurrection at the Capitol with new evidence emerging that one Georgia Congressman lead a tour the day before the deadly riot. Plus, the runoff election here on Tuesday is set to test if Trump has any sway with voters after none of the candidates he endorsed ousted statewide Republican incumbents. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 18, 2022•16 min•Ep. 103
Georgia is set to play a relatively prominent role in the Congressional hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger reportedly testifying to the committee. Raffensperger is also up for re-election and we look at his Democratic challengers, who are in a runoff. Plus, some in the Republican want to change Georgia's open primary system after thousands crossed over to vote in the GOP races. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...
Jun 11, 2022•16 min•Ep. 102
Fulton County's special grand jury on alleged election meddling in 2020 by former President Donald Trump and others continued this week with testimony from Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. We also hear from doctors and their concerns over helping women who have pregnancy complications if Roe v. Wade is overturned. And we look at how technology is helping sell and rent houses in the Atlanta's hot real estate market. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jun 04, 2022•16 min•Ep. 101
Georgia Republican incumbents beat back challenges in statewide contests from candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump. The WABE team looks at Georgia's primaries on Tuesday and the races to come this November. Plus, we hear from one teacher who is finding a way to talk about race in the classroom despite new rules banning "divisive concepts." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 28, 2022•16 min•Ep. 100
Georgia's primary this upcoming Tuesday sees Trump-endorsed candidates taking on a number of fellow Republican incumbents. We look at how battleground Georgia is likely another test of former President Donald Trump's influence on the party. Plus, some Atlanta ride-hailing companies are trying unique ways in an effort to take on Uber and Lyft. And low-income students are being gifted bank accounts by one metro Atlanta school district. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
May 21, 2022•16 min•Ep. 99
Georgia's primary is less than two weeks away and the Republican campaign is getting heated, including the on-going false claims of a stolen election in 2020. Plus, we look at the hot housing market in metro Atlanta and how investors are playing a role in spiking prices. And we hear from people dealing with past hurricane damage as a new storm season begins. Also, another multi-billion dollar electric vehicle plant could be coming to Georgia and how the legacy of Black women leaders is being ins...
May 14, 2022•16 min•Ep. 98
The WABE team looks at the potential impact on abortions and politics in Georgia if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. Plus, we review the sweet deal the state gave Rivian to build its multibillion dollar electric car factory east of Atlanta. Also, we examine the Atlanta Opera versus makeup artists over unionizing, landlords and renters who are dealing with rising rents in Atlanta and one mother of a transgender kid on officials ruling her child can't play on the team of her gender id...
May 07, 2022•16 min•Ep. 97
Georgia's has new education laws, including restrictions on how teachers talk about race and a ban on transgender kids from playing sports that match their gender identity. Governor Brian Kemp battled with former Georgia U.S. Senator David Perdue in two debates in less than a week. Both debates devolved into the false narrative of election fraud during the 2020 election. And fast action by Georgia beekeepers saved the lives of thousands of bees stranded at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Internationa...
Apr 30, 2022•16 min•Ep. 96
Marjorie Taylor Greene defends herself in a case calling for her to be taken off the ballot for her alleged support of the January 6 insurrection. And an Emory expert details what he expects from the loosening of mask mandates on flights and public transportation. We also hear from metro Atlanta students pushing to change the name of their school named after a Confederate general. Plus, how federal funds are helping refugees in Georgia keep their businesses and Atlanta is set to turn the site of...
Apr 23, 2022•16 min•Ep. 95
Georgia's governor signed the Constitutional Carry Act into law which allows the conceal carrying of a gun without a permit. And we look at the impacts of trying to cap the cost of insulin, reissuing a federal program for school lunches and voting rights legislation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 16, 2022•16 min•Ep. 94
Georgia's legislative session ends this week as lawmakers move through a bill that would allow athletic associations to ban trans girls from playing in girls' sports. Also, Governor Brian Kemp signed a major mental healthcare overhaul. Plus, we look at the upcoming 2022 elections, how inflation is hitting childcare facilities and the future of energy in Georgia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 09, 2022•16 min•Ep. 93
As we near the last days of Georgia's legislative session, big moves were made on reducing regulations on guns, increasing ease of banning books in schools and opening access to mental healthcare. Plus, Atlanta airport workers finally get a raise, inside the politics of the 2020 election and Ukrainians in Georgia helping their homeland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 02, 2022•16 min•Ep. 92
Georgia is ranked as one of the worst states in the country when it comes to access for mental healthcare. We look at legislation designed to change that by attracting psychiatrists, nurses and others to the state. Plus, water spinach, a staple in Asian cuisine, is set to hit Georgia stores soon after a long battle over the leafy green vegetable. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 26, 2022•16 min•Ep. 90
Georgia lawmakers rushed pass legislation before Crossover Day on Tuesday, including the changing of more election laws, suspending the gas tax and banning the teaching of "divisive concepts" (aka Critical Race Theory). We also look at what has and hasn't changed one year on from the spa shootings as those killed are remembered. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 19, 2022•16 min•Ep. 88
State lawmakers are moving through a number of bills that would change public schools in the Georgia, including bans on teaching racism, making it easier to ban books and keeping transgender students from participating in sports. We also hear from former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young on turning 90. And how women could be vital in helping Georgia's construction industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 12, 2022•16 min•Ep. 88
A federal judge ruled this week that Georgia's redrawn voting maps will stand for the 2022 election. A lawsuit claimed the maps diluted the vote of minorities in violation of the Voting Rights Act. Meantime the state Senate moved a bill to ban abortion medication by mail, and the state House passed a plan to cut taxes. We also looked a survey of teachers that says 20% are considering leaving the profession, a truck driving school hoping to help with the supply chain backlog and Emory scientists ...
Mar 05, 2022•16 min•Ep. 87
WABE's Managing Editor Alex Helmick looks at how the murder of Ahmaud Arbery changed Georgia. The high-profile killing led lawmakers to pass a state hate crimes law and gut Georgia's Civil War Era citizen's arrest law. We hear from those in Brunswick who were outside the courthouse for the latest guilty verdict of the three men who murdered him. And we hear about what is next for the case. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Feb 26, 2022•16 min•Ep. 86
