The Brief from WABE

The Cobb County school district is removing another book from its libraries -- the first novel by Nobel-prize winning author Toni Morrison; County election officials, poll workers and election board members in Georgia aren't allowed to bet on elections, including via prediction markets; When Immigration and Customs Enforcement started picking up parents in a rural Georgia community last year, a group of public school teachers stepped in.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Five charged with exploiting immigrants seeking to work through the H2A Visa program; A man scheduled for execution gets last minute court order to intervene; and from regulator to regulatee--a Georgia Public Service commissioner 's new, private, corporate gig.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia reports its first death from West Nile Virus this year; the former head of Southern Company tapped to run Georgia's public college and university system; and the steadfast soul of New Hope--preserving a church formerly enslaved people founded and kept strong, even when outside efforts tried to interfere.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Let the hagglin' begin as the Atlanta City Council gets hungry for a jail deal; Don't believe the political polls, says a prominent Georgia faith leader; and if Atlanta's newest airline sounds anatomical, it kinda is?  How you'll soon get to Guadalaraja's biggest airport for less than an arm and a leg.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia's parole board is set to consider clemency for a man scheduled for execution this week; A prominent non-profit leader takes a new gig promoting Atlanta; and a conversation with a 12-year-old Atlantan about to make it big in Hollywood.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.