WABE's Week In Review: Jury awards two Georgia election workers $148 million against Giuliani for lies he told about 2020

WABE's @emilywupearson, who participated in the data analysis of signatures collected by organizers regarding a referendum on the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, spoke with "Closer Look" host @waberosescott about what's coming next.https://t.co/f2Obx6jfSY

— WABE News (@wabenews) December 15, 2023

Lawyers for the city of Atlanta on Thursday asked a federal appeals court to overturn a lower court ruling that let nonresidents collect signatures as part of the “Stop Cop City” effort to force a referendum on a police and fire training center. #gapol https://t.co/BjuW7xfWPo

— WABE News (@wabenews) December 14, 2023

Renewed calls for a new jail and a defending a troubled one…

UPDATE: Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat is appearing before the Georgia State Senate Study Subcommittee on the Fulton County Jail. #atlpol #gapol

WATCH HERE: https://t.co/7m51eAU3JL pic.twitter.com/kxTgjSRRrz

— Rahul Bali (@rahulbali) December 14, 2023

More drama over the redrawn voting maps as some say they need to again be redrawn…

The people who sued to overturn Georgia’s congressional and state legislative districts on Tuesday attacked plans that GOP state lawmakers claim cure illegal dilution of Black votes while preserving GOP power, calling them a “mockery” of federal law. https://t.co/DF9xIgQVxy

— WABE News (@wabenews) December 13, 2023

Georgia and Alabama strike a water deal…

Georgia and Alabama are proposing a settlement to a long-running dispute over water flows in the Chattahoochee River, although the deal won’t address objections from groups in Florida.https://t.co/yBcRyJvSv6

— WABE News (@wabenews) December 13, 2023

Also in this episode…

–Marlon Hyde tells us Georgia is expected to outperform the national economy next year, according to the University of Georgia’s 2024 economic outlook report.

–DorMiya Vance reports on Georgia law enforcement teaming up with football legends to provide resources that could address the growing number of missing youth of color.

–Marisa Mecke has more on why Atlanta’s air quality, which currently meets federal environmental health standards, soon may not. .