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GPB evening headlines for March 30, 2023

State lawmakers ended their session late last night, giving final passage to a number of bills while leaving others behind.

Going to the governor's desk are many of his priorities, including a pair of billion-dollar income tax breaks and teacher pay raises.

Lawmakers failed to pass a number of closely-watched bills, however.  One of them would've increased funding for mental health.

March 30, 2023
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Georgia Today: New regulations and failed legislation after the last day of the General Assembly

On the Thursday March 30 edition of Georgia Today: Yesterday was the final day of the Georgia legislative session.  Today we will detail new regulations and some failed legislation. 

March 30, 2023
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya and
  • Jeremy Powell
<em>Wall Street Journal</em> reporter Evan Gershkovich is escorted by Russian officers from the Lefortovsky court to a bus, in Moscow, Thursday. Russia's Federal Security Service said its agents detained Gershkovich in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, accusing him of trying to obtain classified information.

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  • World

The U.S. condemns Russia's arrest of a Wall Street Journal reporter

Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, was on a reporting assignment in the Ural mountain city of Yekaterinburg when he was detained by agents from Russia's Federal Security Service.

March 30, 2023
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  • NPR Staff
President Joe Biden on Thursday called on banking regulators to take more steps to reduce the risk of mid-sized bank failures.

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Biden asks banking regulators to toughen some rules after recent bank failures

President Biden on Thursday urged banking regulators to take additional steps to reduce the risk of more mid-sized bank failures like Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.

March 30, 2023
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  • Washington Desk
An entranceway to Walt Disney World pictured on Feb. 8 in Orlando, Fla. Disney quietly blocked a move by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to strip the company of its control over a special taxing district.

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Disney blocked DeSantis' oversight board. What happens next?

The board members picked by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to oversee development around Walt Disney World announced on Tuesday that they didn't quite have the power they thought they had.

March 30, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters from a window at the Liberal Party headquarters in Brasília on Thursday after arriving back in Brazil on a commercial flight from Orlando, Fla.

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Former President Bolsonaro returns to Brazil after three months in Florida

The far-right leader went to Florida after losing his bid for re-election, days before his rival was inaugurated. While in Florida, Bolsonaro frequently met with supporters and conservative groups.

March 30, 2023
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By:
  • Carrie Kahn and
  • Kaitlyn Radde
Prakazrel "Pras" Michel, left, a member of the 1990s hip-hop group the Fugees, accompanied by defense lawyer David Kenner, right, arrives at federal court for his trial on March 30.

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  • Law

Prosecutors say Pras Michel broke the law 'to get paid'

Prosecutors said musician Pras Michel collected exorbitant sums of money from a billioniare desperate to win access to two separate U.S. presidents.

March 30, 2023
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  • Carrie Johnson
Two rivers are shown in an aerial view with heavy construction equipment floating on the water.

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Satilla River, once straightened, gets its bends back in 're-plumbing' of coastal estuary

Two cuts in the Satilla River have been removed in a $3 million project to restore a coastal habitat.

March 30, 2023
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  • Orlando Montoya
A man holds a candle during a vigil on Tuesday for the victims of a fire at an immigration detention center that killed dozens, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Video footage from inside the facility appears to show officials walking away from men trapped inside a cell as flames roared around them.

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  • Latin America

The Ciudad Juárez detention fire shows inhumane conditions for migrants, advocates say

Migrants say they are facing increased harassment and unabashed cruelty by local, state and federal authorities as permanent residents' general attitudes toward immigrants shift.

March 30, 2023
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  • Vanessa Romo
The healthcare.gov website is seen in 2021. A federal judge in Texas who previously ruled to dismantle the Affordable Care Act struck down a narrower but key part of the nation's health law Thursday.

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  • National

Judge's ruling undercuts U.S. health law's preventive care

A federal judge in Texas who previously ruled to dismantle the Affordable Care Act struck down a key part of the law. Opponents say the ruling jeopardizes preventive care for millions of Americans.

March 30, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
People visit Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on April 18, 2022.

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Disney World board picked by DeSantis says predecessors stripped them of power

Board members picked to oversee the governance of Disney World said their predecessors pulled a fast one on them by passing restrictive covenants that strip the new board of many of its powers.

March 30, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
People protest as Pope Francis meets young people and elders at Nakasuk Elementary School Square in Iqaluit, Canada, last July. The Vatican on Thursday formally repudiated the "Doctrine of Discovery." The theory is backed by 15th century papal decrees that legitimized the colonial-era seizure of Native lands and form the basis of some property laws today.

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The Vatican repudiates 'Doctrine of Discovery,' which was used to justify colonialism

The doctrine, with origins in the 15th century, was invoked as a legal and religious standing by Europeans who "discovered" new lands and violently seized it from people who had been living there.

March 30, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen leaves a hotel in New York, Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

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Taiwan's president arrives in the U.S. amid warnings from China

Taiwan's president is in the United States as part of a multi-day itinerary that will take the leader of the Asian democratic island through Central and North America.

March 30, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Feng and
  • John Ruwitch
People hug at a memorial at the entrance to the Covenant School on Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn.

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  • Mental Health

A therapist has advice for how to cope with repeated mass shootings: Lean into family

The U.S. sees hundreds of mass shootings each year — so many that some people have survived more than one. A therapist offers advice for how to cope with the trauma.

March 30, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
The scene Thursday morning after a BNSF train carrying ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire in the west-central Minnesota town of Raymond. Residents living near the derailment were evacuated in the middle of the night.

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  • National

A train carrying ethanol derails and catches fire in Minnesota, forcing evacuations

Twenty-two cars, including 10 carrying ethanol, derailed west of Minneapolis; four are on fire. The derailment's cause is under investigation. There is a half-mile evacuation area around the site.

March 30, 2023
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  • Kaitlyn Radde
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