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Andy Pierrotti

Atlanta

Investigative Reporter at Gray Television

Investigative Reporter at WANF-TV (Atlanta, GA)

Investigative Reporter Atlanta News First (CBS-TV), InvestigateTV Email: [email protected]

Articles

  • 2 weeks ago | wrdw.com | Andy Pierrotti

    ATLANTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A Georgia mother who says she’s a U.S. citizen remains locked inside a private immigration detention center, swept up in a wave of federal immigration enforcement that’s bringing historic profits to the company detaining her. Alma Bowman, 58, was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in March during a routine check-in at its Atlanta field office.

  • 2 weeks ago | walb.com | Andy Pierrotti

    ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Georgia mother who says she’s a U.S. citizen remains locked inside a private immigration detention center, swept up in a wave of federal immigration enforcement that’s bringing historic profits to the company detaining her. Alma Bowman, 58, was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in March during a routine check-in at its Atlanta field office.

  • 1 month ago | walb.com | Andy Pierrotti

    ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a bill that bans a controversial method of teaching reading to Georgia’s public school students, as the state continues struggling to address its low literacy rates. The legislation comes amid Georgia’s literacy crisis, where just one in three fourth graders reads proficiently, according to state assessments. The most immediate change bans the use of three cueing as the primary method of reading instruction.

  • 1 month ago | kktv.com | Andy Pierrotti

    ATLANTA, Ga. (InvestigateTV) - When Natalie Patterson checked her mailbox this past October, she found an unexpected bill from an unexpected sender: a $75 citation for speeding. While the ticket featured the Atlanta Police Department’s logo, it came from a private company contracted by Atlanta Public Schools to operate its school zone speed detection cameras off Metropolitan Parkway in southwest Atlanta.

  • 1 month ago | wrdw.com | Tim Darnell |Andy Pierrotti

    ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Almost a year ago, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock had a private meeting with Pope Francis at The Vatican. “I was deeply honored to meet not only the leader of the Catholic Church, but a fellow traveler,” Warnock said of the late Pontiff, who died Monday, April 21, 2025. Warnock’s Papal visit was part of an April 2024 trip that involved briefings with the NATO Defense College and the World Food Programme.

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21 May 25

RT @ATLNewsFirst: Policeman: I've never seen such incompetence. https://t.co/lGmSqZ5wgv @bettercallharry @BrendanKeefe @AndyPierrotti @Stas…

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17 May 25

RT @LindseyBasye: Just a couple of the most recent investigations from @ATLNewsFirst --- have you subscribed to the weekly newsletter yet?…

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15 May 25

RT @NCTQ: Must watch: @AndyPierrotti’s investigative series "Reading Reset" exposed how debunked reading methods have contributed to Georgi…