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

April 13th, 2024

Georgia voters will be asked a series of yes-no questions on Election Day on Tuesday covering a wide range of issues. — In this March 1, 2016 file photo, poll worker Delores Peterson, left, hands a sticker to a voter after they casted their ballot in Georgia's primary election at a polling site in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

More issues at Fulton County Jail…

This story has been updated with the name of the deceased. Online records show Travis Landrey, of Louisianna, was in jail for the 2022 shooting death of a man in Buckhead. His trial was scheduled to start in March. Initially, he pleaded not guilty.https://t.co/fgWq3UxfBA
— Chamian Cruz 🔎 (@xchamian) April 10, 2024

Fighting like cats and dogs…

Heated Argument Between Fulton County Commissioners

Marvin Arrington, Jr. was pushing to restart county animal control inside the City of Atlanta without a finalized agreement, while Khadijah Abdur-Rahman said the city had enough time. #atlpol

More at https://t.co/GXcYgBZlkj pic.twitter.com/UbzuqoI9jl
— Rahul Bali (@rahulbali) April 11, 2024

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.