The Brief from WABE

President Biden asks students for support, offers encouragement at Morehouse College graduation; Atlanta's real estate market sees a bit more inventory come online; and the YSL trial is already the longest in state history, and with no end in sight, the backup is spreading through Fulton County's judicial system. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What Morehouse College students are actually saying about President Biden's upcoming commencement visit; The future for Atlanta's pandas, the last two left in the U.S.; and funeral services remembering an Atlanta-born airman who was shot and killed by a Florida sheriff's deputy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

MARTA continues to have difficulties getting ridership and its workforce up; How Georgia communities are using federal funds to clean up transportation in minority communities; and Donald Trump's influence on the modern day GOP in the state. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Biden and Trump agree to a Georgia debate; why Memorial Day could be a Metro Mess; and a Georgia Supreme Court case gets way more attention thean it ever before. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jimmy Carter's grandson shares an update on how the former president's doing in hospice care; Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis is up for re-election and facing challengers, including in the Democratic primary next week; and the race to replace outgoing Republican Congressman Drew Ferguson is one of the few competitive U.S. House races in Georgia. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The GBI uses a new law to add heat to a decades-old cold case; another new law makes it easier for third-party candidates to appear on Georgia's ballot; and the Hawks get first pick in this year's ...underwhelming...NBA Draft (que the slow claps). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A GOPer who voted nine times illegally while serving a sentence is voted out of the state party leadership; U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga) is still ticked about your late mail; and meet the young Georgia student who defines success by spelling the word better than you can. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

State GOP leaders want more answers about a special prosecutor's relationship with Fulton County's DA; Are Cobb County's newly-drawn legislative lines in-line with the state Constitution? Eh. SCOGA rules it's a cute question, but one they didn't feel they should answer; and.... the survey SAYS? Emory's president needs to go--although the University administration isn't so certain. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump's Georgia trial delayed as SCOGA agrees to hear challenge; Georgia's MTG finds a cold reception from House colleagues as she tries (again) to remove the House speaker; and Music Midtown goes "on hiatus." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Georiga gets a budget; Kemp vetos a dozen provisions; and they City of Atlanta settles a civil rights lawsuit and pays the family of a church deacon tased to death $3.8-million. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

"No Patient Left Behind" provision gets Gov. Kemp's signature; the ACLU sues on behalf of Georgia's deaf and hard-of-hearing populations; and the "Rent Is Too Damn..." low? No. Nobody said that ever. But the rent is lower than it was at the height of the pandemic. Sot that's good. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A federal grand jury in Atlanta has indicted a California man for making death threats against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis; Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has announced several key leadership changes in his administration; New legislation in Georgia bans so-called foreign agents from buying certain land in the state. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When it comes to bird flu, nothing to see here folks... keep moving; Climate change is likely to cause lots more people to move to Atlanta--too bad we won't have the infrastructure to support everyone; and an influx of cash means some lead water pipes might be replaced with safer materials. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As Florida's stricter abortion ban takes effect, even fewer options exist for Georgians; Georgia could get its first ever national park; and a young athlete cashes in on young athletes cashing in. How name, image and likeness (NIL) is making some young sports stars into millionaires. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How many GOPers running for Congress in one Georgia district believe Donald Trump won the 2020 Presidential election, and not Joe Biden? All of them [which is the incorrect answer]; Remember when Georgia Power said its two new nuclear reactors would be online, heating up steam to generate as much power as you could think of? Neither do we, it's been so long. But, the last one went online this week; and hope the one out of six Georgians who relied on a federal program to connect to the web enjoyed the access, because they just lost it. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war continue at Georgia's colleges and universities; Early voting for the upcoming election is underway; and the reason the conditions are so bad at the Fulton County Jail? [An answer that surprises absolutely no one] Overcrowding. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Governor Brian Kemp signed more than 100 pieces of legislation into law this week, including bills dealing with the online and personal safety of Georgia's kids; Protestors have returned to the Emory University campus this evening, after police arrested more than 2 dozen demonstrators yesterday; WABE business reporter Marlon Hyde speaks with U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Demonstrators and police clash on Emory University's campus; Gov. Kemp signs an anti-squatting bill into law; and Arizona follows Georgia with indictments of 'fake electors' and former Pres. Donald Trump. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A federal judge lambastes a Georgia prison for its violation of a court order; commercial real estate prices struggle in Atlanta and beyond; and two historic Atlanta theaters serve as home for the 48th annual Atlanta Film Festival. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.