The Brief from WABE

Trump attorneys push for longer delays in any potential trial; Some city employees get huge raises;

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True the Vote told to put up or shut up; a strike among some sanitation workers looms; and Atlanta gets a Michelin Guide (which is kind of a big deal, apparently).

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A Fulton County Grand Jury who will decide whether to charge former President Donald Trump is set; DeKalb County sends a strong message by passing a nondiscrimination ordinance; and Alveda King reflects on her late aunt, Christine King Farris.

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DeKalb County and the state of Georgia are facing suit to allow voters to vote in a referendum on the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center; Officials are still trying to figure out what exactly led to 'dangerously high' levels of E. Coli, closing a long stretch of the Chattahoochee River; An Atlanta non-profit is helping people with disabilities start and grow their own businesses, as well as build community.

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So about that 'Hooch; Practicing picketing; and if you know of anyone, Atlanta Public Schools needs a new superintendent. 

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UPS Teamsters are ready to picket after a union-set deadline came and went for a new contract; A law restricting gender-affirming care for minors, struck down in other states, takes effect in Georgia; and (stop me if you've heard this one, OK?) A new nuclear reactor is set to come online at Georgia's Plant Vogtle this mo... Oh.OK. Sure. I'll stop.

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A Fulton County detention officer has been arrested following an incident involving excessive force over the weekend; As a heat advisory goes into effect, Atlanta's former climate policies director weighs in on what communities should be doing to protect residents from extreme heat; and WABE's DorMiya Vance explores how LGTBQ+ rappers feel they fit into Atlanta's hip hop scene.

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Christine King Farris, sister to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has died; UPSers are poised to strike as a walk out is "imminent"; and ready yourself for a record-breaking holiday travel weekend.

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The U.S. Sec. of Energy touts "Bidenomics" and EVs in Atlanta; brace yourselves for a 'Grade-A' heat wave; and the only thing cool right now is Atlanta's housing market. But just kind of.

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The highest profile conviction related to Atlanta City Hall corruption sees a rare happening--prosecutors move to dismiss a charge they used to win a conviction; Because I made a sacred vow never to combine the adjective for the word 'heat' with the name of our lovely city, I won't. (And I hope you never do, either. But, if you do and then follow said unsaid word with a small chuckle, smitten by your own sense of humor, then I'm sorry. We cannot be friends.) That said, there's a reason it's not called "Coldlanta," and we'll understand that reason later this week very, very intently; and Washington funds a BeltLine connection that, for the first time, connects part of the trail directly to transit.

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