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With one more Buffalo area store approved to unionize, NLRB hearings into the way Starbucks fought an organizing drive have begun. WBFO's Tom Dinki takes you inside the testimony. Also, the push to bring a grocery store- possibly Wegman's — to Buffalo's East side. And The Buffalo city council is prepared to vote on new city council districts, and hear from Garnell Whitfield, who was in Washington DC to witness President Biden's gun control bill signing after losing his mother in the Tops shooting.

Opponents to the city council's new maps are pushing back against Mayor Brown's contention that they don't diminish minority voting power. Applications for survivor aid are being taken, but Thomas O'Neil White brings us the story of one person who was at the Tops Market on May 14 who says it isn't coming soon enough. Also new statistics on how often border control officers discriminate against travelers. =, and information on whether service dogs and therapy dogs are both allowed at the Erie County Fair.

If it's Friday— It's Theater Talk, today with Anthony and Peter reviewing shows after recent trips to Stratford Ont, and NYC. Also, former University at Buffalo men’s basketball players have found a wayto honor the victims of the Jefferson Avenue Tops Market shooting during their play in The Basketball Tournament airing on ESPN. Also new laws and initiatives for paratransit users, a pushback against monkeypox dis-information, and how once again bail reform has become a big issue in the NY governor's race.

New criteria for East side Buffalo residents who could see benefit from the relief fund for Tops shooting victims and community members. Pressure to bring an ADA coordinator position to NYS. And efforts to try and once again establish an ethics board of some sort for New York State. Also, Ukrainian refugees on the way to WNY, and Buffalo’s city council re-districting plan has one final public hearing to go through, from the Mayor’s office before he approves— or rejects- it.

Africa's metalheads have a bold vision. We talk to Edward Banchs, author of a new book about Africa's metal scene, and to a heavy metal singer in Botswana known as "Vulture."

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Gigi Reece, Nora Cheng, and Penelope Lowenstein. They formed the band Horsegirl after meeting in the School of Rock. Their new album is "Phonetics On and On."

Check out this week’s playlist from The Scene with Chelsea O, and click the song links to learn more about these artists and their music, including Tokyo Monsters, Zak Ward, and Gatto Black!

Festival organizer Lou Adler, documentarian D.A. Pennebaker and more recall the historic music festival that helped define the Summer of Love and set a template for rock extravaganzas to come.

Newly disclosed evidence revealed an apparent conflict of interest for Biden adviser Anita Dunn, when she consulted for an Illinois politician facing #MeToo related allegations in 2018.

Republican senators are now casting doubts on the new border security and foreign aid deal. Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy says they're caving to pressure from Trump to boost his reelection bid.