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GPB morning headlines for March 26, 2025

The Georgia legislature passed a bill that would ban cell phones from public elementary and middle schools; Georgia’s peach farmers could be in for another good year.

March 26, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio
Protesters speak out against federal funding cuts affecting workers as part of a national day of action.

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GPB evening headlines for March 25, 2025

Top stories about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; a bill that would ban cell phones from public elementary and middle schools in Georgia; and the projected outcome of this year's peach crop.

 

March 25, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is shown Sunday, March 15, 2020, in Atlanta.

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5 high-level CDC officials are leaving in the latest turmoil for the public health agency

Five high-level officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are leaving. The departures were announced Tuesday at a meeting of agency senior leaders. This means close to a third of the agency's top management is leaving or left recently.

March 25, 2025
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  • Associated Press
Flannery O'Connor's childhood home in Savannah, located at 207 E. Charlton St.

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See inside the childhood home of Flannery O'Connor, born 100 years ago in Savannah

A pioneer of Southern Gothic literature, Flannery O'Connor spent her first 13 years of life in her hometown of Savannah.

March 25, 2025
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  • Benjamin Payne
A coaltion of Georgia housing rights organizations descended outside the state capitol on the March 5 eve of a critical deadline to advance legislation. Habitat for Humanity volunteers would build a makeshift home to promote a tax credit bill that would save money for home construction expenses for nonprofits. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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Georgia housing groups pessimistic over prospects of Legislature reining in investor price squeeze

A coalition of housing rights advocates are seeing little progress on bipartisan bills aimed at protecting Georgians — despite a push from U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock pushes for federal help.

March 25, 2025
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  • Stanley Dunlap
A yard sign reading "vote today" sits outside a polling place in Savannah, with a live oak tree and Spanish moss in the background.

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GPB morning headlines for March 25, 2025

The spread of the measles has health care providers and scientists concerned; Georgia elections officials are set to cancel up to 455,000 inactive voter registrations this summer.

March 25, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio
decatur child at a unicef cfci event

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Decatur earns UNICEF's 'child-friendly city' status. It's one of only 3 in the U.S.

The city becomes the third city in the United States to earn this title after creating and following a youth-led local action plan.

March 25, 2025
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  • Amanda Andrews
Ossoff

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U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff rallies supporters at Atlanta event

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff held a rally in Atlanta Saturday that he dubbed the "Rally for Our Republic."

 

March 24, 2025
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  • Sarah Kallis
Cases of Chattabrewchee Southern Brewhouse beer

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Georgia Today: Ossoff holds Atlanta rally; Youth Village expanded; Tariffs and Ga. brewing industry

On March 24th edition: Ossoff holds a rally in Atlanta; Douglasville expands a children's behavior health facility; tariffs worry Georgia's brewing industry

March 24, 2025
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  • Orlando Montoya and
  • Jake Cook
Democratic U.S. Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff at March 2025 rally

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GPB evening headlines for March 24, 2025

Sen. Jon Ossoff rallied Democrats on Saturday ahead of 2026 U.S. Senate race; elections officials set to cancel 455,000 inactive voter registrations; Georgia breweries' uncertainty over tariffs.

March 24, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio
Tanya Anderson stands at a podium on ribbon cutting day for the Youth Villages expansion in Douglasville, Ga.

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Douglasville behavioral health care campus is growing to help more young people with trauma

The expansion project began in Douglasville in 2023 and is projected to be finished by 2028 — the largest investment of Youth Villages' nearly 40-year history.

March 24, 2025
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Creature Comforts Brewery in Athens, Georgia

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Georgia's largest indie brewery has a cautious eye on tariffs

In the midst of uncertainty over tariffs, some Georgia businesses are having a difficult time making long-term plans.

March 24, 2025
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  • Chase McGee
Sarv Dharavane

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Austin Elementary fifth grader heading back to national spelling bee

Metro Atlanta's Sarv Dharavane is returning to the Scripps National Spelling Bee for the second year in a row.

March 24, 2025
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  • Cathy Cobbs
Gov. Brian Kemp praised both chambers’ efforts in passing the tort reform legislation at the Capitol on Friday, March 21, 2025, after it passed in the Senate. Credit: Screenshot

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'Lawmakers: Capitol Report' Day 34: Kemp praises House and Senate in passing tort reform legislation

On Friday at the Capitol, Senate Bill 68, the controversial tort reform bill, was back in the Senate after changes were made in the House that carved out an exception for victims of human trafficking.

March 24, 2025
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  • Sarah Kallis and
  • Tristan Smith
Brandon Beach

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Trump picks ally in Georgia Senate as U.S. treasurer

President Donald Trump has nominated another Georgian to join his administration, selecting state Sen. Brandon Beach for U.S. Treasurer.

March 24, 2025
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  • Ty Tagami
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