WABE's Week In Review: State Democrats call for gun regulations and Moore replaces Confederate Benning at Georgia fort

Supporters for gun regulations and Georgia Democrats stand on the South Steps of the Capitol calling for a special session to address gun violence on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 in Atlanta. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

Democrats call for gun regs…



Lost to taxes…

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What’s in a name? A lot…

Studying the impacts on Georgia’s sea turtles…

Also in this episode…

–Rahul Bali reports on Georgia’s massive drop in tax revenue collected in April.

–Molly Samuel has more on the federal government proposing new rules to limit climate pollution from power plants just as Georgia’s largest utility is beginning to phase out coal.

–Chamian Cruz explores the new technology at Fulton County Jail after the high-profile death of LaShawn Thompson in the hospital’s psychiatric unit.

–DorMiya Vance reports on Clayton County residents now having access to free health stations in their public libraries.

–Julien Virgin has more on animal rights activists calling for the outgoing head of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention {CDC) to ban the importation of monkeys into the U.S.