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WABE's Week In Review: Atlanta's federal workers losing jobs under Trump, DOGE policy
Homeowners and encampments… Watchdog out… Also in this episode… —Rahul Bali explains why lawmakers are moving through a bill that would ban school zone traffic cameras in Georgia. —Melissa Feito […] ...
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Judge appoints monitor to oversee agreement to reform Georgia's Fulton County Jail
A federal judge on Friday appointed a lead monitor with three decades of experience in corrections to oversee a consent decree meant to address dangerous and unhealthy jail conditions in Fulton County ...
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Two elementary schools to close after final vote by Fulton County Board of Education
After months of pushback from parents and community members, the Fulton County Board of Education has voted to close Parklane and Spalding Drive elementary schools.
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Georgia Gov. Kemp’s push to curb civil litigation advances, despite some Republican reservations
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is one step closer to notching his top legislative priority — overhauling Georgia’s civil litigation rules. The controversial bill passed the Georgia State Senate Friday, after ...
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DeKalb County police chief out amid efforts to bolster officer recruitment
Newly elected Dekalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson says Police Chief Mirtha Ramos has been placed on paid leave but ...
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Georgia bill to limit lawsuits advances after Kemp makes concession to Republican senators
Georgia senators voted 33-21 on Friday to support Gov. Brian Kemp's top-priority legislation to limit lawsuits, but not before some of Kemp's fellow Republicans extracted a concession in exchange for ...
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Survivors of past air disasters in Georgia, other states offer support after Toronto crash
Over 70 people died in a United Airlines crash in North Georgia in 1989. A survivor of that crash and others are offering advice and support to the 80 passengers and crew members of the Delta plane ...
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Georgia homestead exemption tax law could put DeKalb sales taxes at risk
Last year, voters approved a referendum on House Bill 581, establishing a new statewide floating homestead tax exemption. The ...
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Georgia legislative priorities are on the move as General Assembly hits halfway mark
On this week's episode of "Plugged In," hosts Sam Gringlas and Rahul Bali take a closer look at some of those bills, ...
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On eve of key Georgia Senate vote, hints emerge Kemp’s 2025 priority ‘tort reform’ faces headwinds
Gov. Brian Kemp kicked off his penultimate year in office in January with the threat of a special session if “meaningful, ...
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Georgia justices order new look at whether lawsuit challenging near-ban on abortion can proceed
A lawsuit challenging Georgia's near-ban on abortion is headed back to a trial court to decide if the people who want to overturn the law have legal standing to sue.
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Lawyers spar over COVID-related agreement that shields some on Georgia's death row from execution
The state of Georgia said during Thursday arguments that a COVID-19 pandemic-related agreement shielding certain people on death row from execution should no longer apply, but death penalty defense ...