WABE's Week In Review: Walker's housing allegations against Warnock as celebs come to Georgia to back candidates

October 22nd, 2022

Lin-Manuel Miranda campaigning with Stacey Abrams at a Mexican restaurant in Gwinnett County, Georgia on Oct. 19, 2022. (Sam Gringlas/WABE)

Our Podcast “Georgia Votes 2022” took a deep dive into recent allegations by the Herschel Walker campaign that Georgia U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock’s church Ebenezer Baptist was involved in evictions at an apartment building the church is connected to. Warnock has said no one was kicked out of their housing.

Celebs are coming…

As we get closer to the election on Nov. 8, big-name politicians and celebrities are coming to stump for their candidates (or they already came).

A life well-lived…

Also in this episode…

—Emily Jones details how a Georgia organization is looking to create energy from large swaths of unused land along highways through solar power.

—Molly Samuel breaks down a huge federal grant for a Georgia EV parts maker to boost domestic production.

—Jess Mador looks at what Wellstar Health System is doing to help those in Fulton County with medical care after closing Atlanta Medical Center South hospital.