Brendan Rivers
Special Projects Producer and Reporter at WJCT-TV (Jacksonville, FL)
Lead Reporter at Jacksonville Today
Producing “Plugged In: A WABE Politics Podcast” for @wabenews. #YNWA
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3 weeks ago |
wabe.org | Brendan Rivers
Data centers are growing faster in Atlanta than anywhere else in the country. That rapid growth has left communities grappling with how these new developments will impact the environment and their neighborhoods. This week, “Plugged In” hosts Sam Gringlas and Rahul Bali are joined by WABE Business Reporter Marlon Hyde and WABE Southside Reporter DorMiya Vance for the first of two episodes exploring WABE’s series, Server South.
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4 weeks ago |
wabe.org | Brendan Rivers
Two Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) incumbents are on the ballot this year after a lengthy legal battle, and their challengers are taking aim at the current commission’s performance. Voting in the primary is already underway.
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1 month ago |
wabe.org | Brendan Rivers
Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old nurse and mother, was about nine weeks pregnant in February when doctors declared her brain dead after she suffered a medical emergency. Smith’s family says doctors at Emory University Hospital have been keeping her on life support because she is pregnant, citing Georgia’s restrictive abortion law. In this week’s episode of “Plugged In,” hosts Sam Gringlas and Rahul Bali take a closer look at the case and its possible implications.
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1 month ago |
wabe.org | Brendan Rivers
This week, judges heard appeals in two major Georgia voting cases. One panel is considering whether conservative group True the Vote illegally intimidated voters when they helped file tens of thousands of voter challenges, while another is reviewing Georgia’s political maps in the ongoing fight over redistricting.
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1 month ago |
wabe.org | Brendan Rivers
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has announced that he will not run for Senate in 2026. Of all the states President Donald Trump won in the 2024 election, only Georgia has a Democratic senator defending their seat. Republicans had seen Kemp as the strongest candidate to challenge incumbent Jon Ossoff.
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RT @rahulbali: On this week's WABE "Plugged In" https://t.co/CUOHI8iThH - Georgia voting cases heard in federal court this week - Latest o…
RT @rahulbali: On this week's "Plugged In" https://t.co/Vzu647aPz8 - @SBA_Kelly @ossoff & Georgians talk about Trump's First 100 Days - Co…
RT @wabenews: On this week’s episode of “Plugged In,” hosts Sam Gringlas and Rahul Bali discuss how Jon Ossoff and other Democrats are tryi…