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  • The impact of Trump's budget on Georgia and how clean is the Chattahoochee ?
    2025/07/05

    President Trump's spending plan could have big impact on Georgia. We look look at the thousands of solar jobs at stake as well as how it could affect Georgia's state budget. Plus, a local journalist who was arrested while covering a protest on Chamblee Tucker Road is now out on bond from an immigration detention center. Atlanta after-school and summer program providers are sounding the alarm after the Trump administration abruptly paused their federal funding. And as many folks "shoot the Hooch" over the holiday weekend, we look at how clean (or not) the Chattahoochee River actually is.

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  • More changes likely at the CDC and Atlanta small businesses pivot to deal with tariffs
    2025/06/28

    We look at the confirmation hearing for the proposed new head of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta as well as more funding and program cuts. Plus, a Salvadoran journalist is now fighting deportation after he was arrested in Georgia while covering a protest as he faces new criminal charges in Gwinnett County. And the future is uncertain for federal programs that help elderly and low income Georgians pay energy bills but there may be alternatives.

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  • Pregnant woman on life support gives birth and local journalist in ICE detention after protest coverage
    2025/06/21

    A Georgia woman declared brain dead but kept on life support because she was pregnant was removed from her ventilator this week, days after her baby was delivered by emergency C-section. Plus, a local journalist is awaiting a bond hearing from the Folkston ICE Processing Center in southeast Georgia after he was arrested while livestreaming police conduct at an Atlanta area protest. We also have more on Georgia politicians being rattled by the recent assassination of a Minnesota state lawmaker at her home.

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  • Georgia's AG threatens terrorism charges to protesters and some former CDC staff get their jobs back
    2025/06/14

    We have more on possible domestic terrorist charges for demonstrators deemed by authorities to have caused violence during anti-Trump administration protests. Plus, the fight is still over Head Start, the federally funded, free childcare and learning program for kids in low-income families. Also, the primary for voters to weigh in on utility regulars with the Public Service Commission starts next week and we preview the issues and the candidates.

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  • Emory 'brain dead' case sparks more debate over abortion and 'personhood'
    2025/06/07

    We have a deeper dive on the complex and controversial case at Emory Healthcare where a pregnant woman declared ‘brain dead’ is being kept on life support. Hospital officials say that’s because Georgia’s abortion law, but there’s disagreement among many, including conservatives. Plus, we take several looks at the economy: From what the Federal Reserve of Atlanta says about jobs to how to balance demands of data centers with their communities to high schoolers showing their personal finance skills.

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  • Trump cuts could affect millions of Georgians
    2025/05/31

    On this episode of WABE's Week In Review, we dive into several areas of possible or likely cuts in federal funding from the Trump administration. We dive into the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, where more than 1.4 million Georgians could see changes to the help they get from the nation's largest food-aid program. Plus, advocates for historic preservation initiatives in Georgia are raising concerns about delayed federal funding and possible cuts that they say the cuts threaten development and revitalization programs around the state. And we look at how cities are planning to deal with a loss in federal money.

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  • Pregnant woman on life support at Emory raises legal, ethical questions
    2025/05/24

    An Emory University Hospital patient declared "brain dead" remains on a ventilator to sustain her pregnancy, and Atlanta health providers and advocates are speaking out saying Georgia's six-week abortion law is forcing this decision. Plus, Governor Brian Kemp joined members of the Public Service Commission to advocate for a deal that would pause electricity rate increases right before the Commission’s long-awaited election. And Atlanta art organizations are reeling as the National Endowment for the Arts cancels funding. Also we look at Congress cutting billions in funding and how that could impact hundreds of thousands of Medicaid recipients in Georgia.

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  • Exploring the data center boom in metro Atlanta
    2025/05/17

    In our special series called "Server South: What's powering Atlanta's data center growth and what it means for you," we explore the controversial issue of these massive warehouse facilities. From the use of resources and land to the their importance to our everyday life, data centers are popping up across metro Atlanta.

    We hear about how artificial intelligence is forcing more and more centers. And we have a story about citizens in one metro Atlanta town fighting against a center in their backyard.

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    16 分