WABE's Week In Review: Judge upholds verification of voters in Georgia and MARTA shuts down the airport station

Settlement over derailment…

Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to a fiery train derailment in February 2023 in eastern Ohio.https://t.co/HQOb8jUOFk

— WABE News (@wabenews) April 9, 2024

Continued funding is vital…

In Georgia, Latinas are starting companies at a rapid pace, but these businesses need more support to face the challenges at the intersection of gender and ethnicity. WABE business reporter @HydeMarlon reports.https://t.co/SjNmDth57E

— WABE News (@wabenews) April 11, 2024

Also in this episode…

–Sam Gringlas reports on a federal judge upholding Georgia’s procedures for verifying the citizenship of voters.

–Jess Mador has more on Georgia establishing a new trust for distributing hundreds of millions of dollars from the nationwide settlement with opioid makers and distributors toward helping states address the fallout from the opioid epidemic.

–DorMiya Vance reports on the temporary closure of MARTA’s airport station.

–Juma Sei explains why Atlanta Public Schools is extending its superintendent search.

–Julien Virgin reports on Dekalb County officials exploring possible solutions to the challenges facing the county’s animal services as the shelter’s population grows.

–Marisa Mecke has more on the new brood of cicadas set to hit Georgia.