WABE's Week In Review

Each week, WABE’s Managing Editor Alex Helmick takes a look at the work from his team of award-winning reporters, producers and hosts.

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May 30, 2026

Week In Review: GA Power customers could see lower bills and a high-profile mass shooting trial stalls again

May 23, 2026

Week In Review: Primary results lead to scores of runoffs and some big surprises

Georgia peach voting stickers

May 16, 2026

Week In Review: Primary Election special

May 8, 2026

Week In Review: The legacy of Ted Turner

Brian Kemp looks upward while in a crowd of people

May 1, 2026

Week In Review: Kemp says Georgia will not delay primary to redraw districts but calls for new lines by 2028

April 25, 2026

Week In Review: Congressman dead at 80 and wildfires ravage parts of Southeast Georgia

April 18, 2026

Week In Review: Trump nominates a CDC director and state officials scramble to meet new voting measures

A large warehouse on a street

April 11, 2026

Week In Review: ICE detention warehouses spark another major issue and are electricity rates creating affordability problems?

April 4, 2026

Week In Review: Taxes, elections and data centers take center stage on Sine Die and gas prices still spiking

Raphael Warnock looks at a large warehouse while standing on a road

March 27, 2026

Week In Review: Georgia senators call to abandon ICE facility plans and the state could eliminate daylight saving time

A crowd of hundreds of Travelers wait in line at a security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

March 20, 2026

Week In Review: City officials cut off ICE's water and some TSA workers call out to take second jobs

March 13, 2026

Week In Review: Georgia is set for new voting machines and the chaotic year at the CDC

Today's Top Stories

Criminal Justice

Graduation day at Atlanta’s jail marks a new chapter for women in recovery

MARTA

Metro Atlanta man facing federal charges after Midtown MARTA shooting

Infectious Disease

Georgia health agencies prepare for World Cup heat, humidity, potential disease threats

The mayor of Atlanta posing with kids.

World Cup

Atlanta hosts World Cup pep rally as tournament prep winds down

The corner of a building with white masonry

Justice System

Impeachment sought against federal judge in Atlanta over alleged sex in chambers, lying to investigators

A pump fills up the tank of a vehicle at an Exxon gasoline station

Inflation

Inflation rises to a 3-year high on spiking gas prices, highlighting affordability challenges

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