Georgia Today: FIFA traffic; Medicaid fraud; Titanic auction

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On the June 24 edition: The City of Columbus aims to strengthen ties with the Muscogee Nation; An Atlanta doctor is involved in a health care fraud crackdown; And kids in the Boys and Girls Club in metro Atlanta are getting more access to mental health care.

Peter Biello: Welcome to the Georgia Today podcast. Here we bring you the latest reports from the GPB newsroom. On today’s episode, the city of Columbus aims to strengthen ties with the Muscogee nation. An Atlanta doctor is involved in a health care fraud crackdown, and kids in the Boys Girls Club in Metro Atlanta are getting more access to mental healthcare.

Katie Diamond: We will also provide trauma-informed training for the staff at Boys and Girls Clubs so that they can build their own trauma- informed tool kits.

Peter Biello: Today is Wednesday, June 24. I’m Peter Biello, and this is Georgia Today.

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Peter Biello: When the Trump administration dissolved USAID over a year ago, that disrupted the system sending a special food made from Georgia peanuts to starving children around the world. Two U.S. factories make this ready-to-use therapeutic food, Georgia-based Mana Nutrition and Edesia in Rhode Island. They’re now looking for new channels of delivery, as GPB’s Grant Blankenship reports…

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