WABE's Week In Review: Trump and Biden duel in Georgia and Laken Riley's death is now a national flashpoint on immigration reform
A heated debate over immigration in Georgia made its way onto an even bigger stage this week: President Joe Biden’s State of the Union. As Biden addressed the southern border in his speech, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene shouted for Biden to, “Say her name.”https://t.co/sabYskOJie
— WABE News (@wabenews) March 8, 2024
Emerging from their near-clean sweeps of Super Tuesday contests, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump head to Georgia, where they'll campaign for votes in a state that will play a pivotal role in deciding their fates in November.https://t.co/LHIpUosXpq
Reading requirements…
A group of Georgia lawmakers are pushing a bill that overhauls how students are taught to read, focusing on what happens in the classroom from kindergarten through third grade. #gapolhttps://t.co/TqmJ8ntSBZ
— WABE News (@wabenews) March 8, 2024
EV plant delayed
The CEO of Rivian Automotive announced Thursday that the electric truck maker is pausing construction of its $5 billion manufacturing plant in Georgia to speed production and save money.https://t.co/5gV3S5H5tT
— WABE News (@wabenews) March 7, 2024
Also in this episode…
— Emily Wu Pearson reports on a state Senate committee seeking punishments for Georgia communities with so-called “sanctuary city” policies that protect undocumented immigrants.
— Sam Gringlas has more on a Georgia Senate committee formed to investigate Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis uncovered no new revelations, following testimony from the defense attorney who first alleged a conflict of interest.
— Jess Mador has more on the myriad of health-related bills making their way through the Capitol.
— Rahul Bali reports Georgia House Minority Leader James Beverly will not run for re-election this year.
— Emily Jones has more on no candidate qualifying for the Public Service Commission (PSC).
— Marisa Mecke reports on opponents of a proposed mineral mine near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in south Georgia speaking out again.
— Chamian Cruz gives us more details on the autopsies she obtained from the deaths at the embattled Fulton County Jail.
— Julien Virgin has more on the complicated landscape of student loans.
— Kenny Murry reports on the death of Dan Moore Sr., who founded and led Atlanta’s oldest Black history museum.
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