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digital news editor at Atlanta NPR affiliate @WABENews | fmr @thecrimson | @aajavoices ’22 | [email protected]
Joined December 2020
The 2026 Georgia General Assembly began this week. WABE politics reporter @rahulbali is here to bring the highlights. On Wednesday, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp began rolling out his agenda for his final year in office at the Georgia Chamber's Eggs and Issues breakfast. The biggest
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is proposing $1 billion in tax rebates to Georgians, amounting to $250 for individual filers and $500 for joint filers, a 20-point reduction of the state income tax, and a new need-based scholarship for those attending Georgia colleges and universities.
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is proposing $1 billion in tax rebates to Georgians, amounting to $250 for individual filers and $500 for joint filers, a 20-point reduction of the state income tax, and a new...
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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp's Final State of the State Address WABE's journalists share our analysis of the speech. #gapol @jessicamador @patricksaunders @justmattphotoj @xchamian @MeimeiXu7 @ejreports @mollyis @emilywupearson @HydeMarlon @marisamecke
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp delivered the annual State of the State speech on Thursday morning before a joint session of the Georgia General Assembly.
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BREAKING: The prosecutor who recently took over the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others said in a court filing Wednesday that he has decided not to pursue the case further. https://t.co/hL6ogVhwqn
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Updated Nov. 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM The historic Georgia criminal case against President Trump and more than a dozen of his allies for their efforts to try to overturn […]
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MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee dismisses the 2020 Georgia election interference case, which includes the indictment of President Donald Trump. #gapol It comes at the request of @GAProsecutors Executive Director Peter Skandalakis.
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Some U.S. House members from the Atlanta area have already made their positions clear on whether they'll vote to end the government shutdown.
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Some U.S. House members from the Atlanta area have already made their positions clear on whether they'll vote to end the government shutdown.
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BREAKING: Georgia voters on Tuesday ensured that Democrats will serve on the Georgia Public Service Commission for the first time in nearly two decades. #gapol
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Georgia voters on Tuesday ensured that Democrats will serve on the Georgia Public Service Commission for the first time in nearly two decades.
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A Head Start provider in rural Georgia, Action Pact, is closing 15 early childhood education facilities on Monday due to the government shutdown, stopping services for 548 children and furloughing 187 employees.
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Rural Georgia Head Start provider Action Pact is closing 15 early childhood education facilities Monday due to the government shutdown, stopping services for 548 children and furloughing 187 employ...
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Three major Georgia Head Start providers are receiving a 45-day bridge loan totaling $8 million to remain operational amid the ongoing government shutdown. This still leaves several hundred children who may see centers close by the end of the week.
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Georgia Head Start providers are calling for the end of the government shutdown as some centers plan to close this Friday in preparation for the loss of federal funds.
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The union representing employees at Georgia’s public universities is protesting a mandate ending remote work.
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The union representing employees at Georgia’s public universities is protesting a mandate ending remote work.
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City of Atlanta and Fulton County residents can vote on measures on the Nov. 4 ballot that provide homestead exemptions from school district property taxes. For @wabenews
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City of Atlanta and Fulton County residents can vote on measures on the Nov. 4 ballot that provide homestead exemptions from school district property taxes.
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BREAKING: Mario Guevara, the Atlanta journalist who was arrested while covering an anti-Trump protest, has been transported to a Louisiana immigration facility, from where his family said he will be deported to El Salvador tomorrow morning. https://t.co/Z6tJleIqiY
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Mario Guevara, the Atlanta-based Spanish-language journalist who was arrested covering an anti-Trump protest, has been transported to a Louisiana immigration facility, from where his family said he...
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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death Wednesday afternoon prompted an outpouring of sympathy and condemnations of political violence from Georgia politicians on both sides of the aisle.
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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk's death Wednesday afternoon prompted an outpouring of sympathy and condemnations of political violence from Georgia politicians from both sides of the aisle.
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Public broadcasters say GOP funding cuts could be 'devastating' to local media and make Americans less safe. W/@megan_lebowitz for @NBCNews
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Media advocates say the cuts could have an especially harmful impact on rural Americans.
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“This could be a death sentence for a number of local station” Media advocates are concerned that GOP funding cuts will force local outlets to downsize or shutter w/ @raquelco15 for @NBCNews
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Media advocates say the cuts could have an especially harmful impact on rural Americans.
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State leaders and advocates in Georgia are putting pressure on Gov. Brian Kemp to demand that the Trump administration release federal funds it had withheld for after-school, summer and other educational programs. @MeimeiXu7 reports. https://t.co/9zqy9hrvhL
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State leaders and advocates in Georgia are putting pressure on Gov. Brian Kemp to demand that the Trump administration release federal funds it had withheld for after-school, summer and other...
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Food banks in metro Atlanta are expecting increased need for food assistance after President Donald Trump signed into law a budget and spending bill that includes changes to the nation’s largest food assistance program.
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Food banks in metro Atlanta are expecting increased need for food assistance after President Donald Trump signed into law a budget and spending bill that includes changes to the nation’s largest food...
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Congratulations to the WABE Newsroom for multiple SPJ Green Eyeshade Awards!
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Atlanta-area after-school and summer program providers are sounding the alarm after the Trump administration abruptly paused their federal grants.
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Atlanta-area after-school and summer program providers are sounding the alarm after the Trump administration abruptly paused their federal grants.
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How will the "Big Beautiful Bill" impact you and your family? WABE News politics reporter Sam Gringlas breaks down how the bill will affect everyday Georgians. Some of these changes will happen quickly, while others may not be noticeable for a couple of years. Let us know
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