Alex Helmick

DeKalb County's school board has suspended Superintendent Devon Horton with pay following a federal indictment in the Northern District of Illinois. He's accused of taking tens of thousands of dollars in kickbacks on a school construction project while a superintendent in suburban Chicago and faces 17 federal charges of embezzlement, wire and tax fraud.

As the Trump administration continues cutting tens of thousands of jobs at the Department of Veterans Affairs, staff and vets who rely on Atlanta's VA are bracing for changes. We also profile a program that helps those previously incarcerated find housing, which is now struggling to stay intact after federal funds are drying up.

Georgia’s abortion law took effect three years ago this week. It limits allowing the procedure to roughly the first six weeks of pregnancy, and some Atlanta abortion rights advocates, doctors and patients say it continues to interfere with reproductive healthcare. Advocates and lawyers for a Spanish-language journalist fighting deportation from Georgia say they believe his plight is retaliation for his work. A new report from the University of Georgia says the state needs better coordination to prepare for worsening disasters like hurricanes and heat waves. Last month, a meteorite made a bit of a scene in metro Atlanta, streaking across the sky before shooting through the roof of a house in Henry County. We examine the space rock. 

This week in Atlanta news, MARTA's board says CEO Collie Greenwood, who is Canadian, is taking early retirement after he stepped down abruptly this week over immigration issues.

A Georgia woman declared brain dead but kept on life support because she was pregnant was removed from her ventilator this week, days after her baby was delivered by emergency […]

In this episode, we have more on possible domestic terrorist charges for demonstrators deemed by authorities to have caused violence during anti-Trump administration protests.

This week in Atlanta news: a brain-dead, pregnant woman on life support at Emory Hospital raises questions about Georgia's abortion law, public programs could be cut under GOP tax bill, and more.

More federal cuts… Parent on trial… Nature’s healing power… Also in this episode… –We have more on Georgia ports shattering records as importers look to get their goods in ahead […]

A high-profile bill facing big opposition on both sides… Pay raises for politicians… Plans for more federal cuts… Creating new, more diverse labor leaders…

This week on WABE News: Georgia state lawmakers send bills related to civil litigation and taxes to Gov. Brian Kemp's desk.