Morning Brief: March 29
New, controversial legislation in North Carolina has blocked local governments from passing anti-discrimination measures, and mandates that transgender people must use only those bathrooms that correspond with the gender they were assigned at birth. That law generated outrage among LBGTQ groups in North Carolina, and now that outrage is radiating at far as New York. Mayor de Blasio and Governor Cuomo have both responded strongly to the bill, banning all nonessential, publicly funded travel to North Carolina. The bans will stand until the legislation in question is repealed.
NEED TO KNOW
Police Intensify Manhunt for Third Airport Bomber As They Release Suspect [ABC]
FBI Has Accessed San Bernardino Shooter’s Phone Without Apple’s Help [Washington Post]
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal to Veto 'Religious Liberty' Bill [CNN]
Man Who Drew Weapon at U.S. Capitol Shot by Police [CBS]
In Trial of Rikers Officers, Focus Turns to Cover-Up of an Inmate’s Beating [New York Times]
WEATHER
54 degrees and breezy [Full Forecast]
SPORTS
Last Night
The Nets fell to the Heat 99 to 110.
The Knicks lost to the Pelicans 91 to 99
Tonight
The Nets face the Magic at 7
The Islanders take on the Hurricanes at 7
ON STAGE TONIGHT
Vance Joy w/ Blind Pilot and Jamie Lawson @ Beacon Theatre
Savages @ Warsaw
An Evening with Jherek Bischoff, Amanda Palmer & Friends @ City Winery
Frightened Rabbit @ Rough Trade NYC
The Coathangers and Tijuana Panthers @ Baby’s All Right
Robben Ford @ The Fairfield Theatre Company
Steven Page @ Café Carlyle
TODAY IN HISTORY
On this day in 1961, the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
