WABE's Week In Review: Harris v. Trump on housing affordablity and Georgia's longest criminal trial nears an end

October 31st, 2024

Georgia voters are grappling with limited housing options as they head to the polls. (Photo left Meimei Xu/WABE; photo right Mel Evans/AP)

Housing, faith and complicated frenemies

The Chattahoochee, a raw sewage spill and a new treatment plant

Marisa Mecke’s latest story has more on Fulton County saying its new and improved Big Creek Water Reclamation plant will process millions more gallons of wastewater every day. This is the same facility where the massive raw sewage spill last year contaminated miles of the Chattahoochee River. Click here to listen to that story.

Also in this episode:

–Melissa Feito tells us about how damaging tropical systems, heavy rains and intermittent dry spells may have impacted Georgia’s vital crop-growing season.

–Marlon Hyde has more on a community specifically looking to help house people with developmental disabilities alongside professionals like teachers and first responders.