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State Legislature Responds to Nationwide Opioid Crisis

MaryKent Wolff News Editor In response to a nationwide opioid epidemic, the North Carolina legislature is working to create a possible statewide database that would allow law enforcement to access a record of prescribed painkillers. “When an investigator begins to see patterns, they can then do perhaps some predictive analysis. It helps them build a case so they can get to the right person,” said … Continue reading State Legislature Responds to Nationwide Opioid Crisis

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A Newsworthy Farewell: Madison Hoffman

Madison Hoffman News Editor To the Carolinian staff and weekly readers, What a ride it has been. This newspaper and the people it has brought into my life will forever mark the experience I’ve had at UNCG. I truthfully didn’t think I was cut out for the job of news editor when I was asked to interview for it. I had been writing for the … Continue reading A Newsworthy Farewell: Madison Hoffman

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Paul Ryan to Retire, Showing Cracks In Republican-Majority US House

MaryKent Wolff Staff Writer  After first getting elected to the US House in 1998, getting reelected eight times and rising to become the Speaker of the House in 2015, Paul Ryan has announced that he will not be seeking reelection in 2018. The Wisconsin Republican announced his impending retirement on April 11. “You realize something when you take this job,” said Ryan to reporters on … Continue reading Paul Ryan to Retire, Showing Cracks In Republican-Majority US House

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Record Number of Women To Run for US House of Representatives in 2018

MaryKent Wolff Staff Writer  With over 300 filed to run, the Associated Press reports that the number of women running for the US House of Representatives in the 2018 elections is at a record high. The previous record, set in 2012, was 298 women. This year, the number has risen to 309, which, as reported by the National Public Radio (NPR), is a 90 percent … Continue reading Record Number of Women To Run for US House of Representatives in 2018

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Texas Bill to End Jail Time for People Unable to Pay Fines

Kevin Liu Staff Writer Texas Legislature is now making it easier for people who cannot pay their traffic tickets by providing alternative payments. The state passed a bill that requires courts to ask whether people can afford to pay traffic tickets and other minor fines and offer alternatives to jail time if they cannot. Senate Bill 1913, introduced by Dem. state Sen. Judith Zaffirini, allows … Continue reading Texas Bill to End Jail Time for People Unable to Pay Fines

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F.B.I. Raids Home of Trump’s Personal Attorney

  MaryKent Wolff Staff Writer President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, is currently under investigation by the US Justice Department for his business dealings. “Today, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York executed a series of search warrants and seized the privileged communications between my client, Michael Cohen, and his clients,” said Stephen Ryan, his lawyer. The FBI raided Cohen’s … Continue reading F.B.I. Raids Home of Trump’s Personal Attorney

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Potential New Anti-Violence Program Coming To Greensboro

Madison Hoffman News Editor Dr. Gary Slutkin is currently a professor of epidemiology and international health at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has spent a decade in Africa fighting tuberculosis, cholera and other contagious diseases. He studied the patterns that diseases follow and created a solution to reverse their paths. In 2013, Slutkin gave a TED Talk about using the same strategy used … Continue reading Potential New Anti-Violence Program Coming To Greensboro

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Concerns raised over new Secretary of State nominee

MaryKent Wolff Staff Writer The appointing of current C.I.A director Mike Pompeo, a former congressman from Kansas, to Secretary of State has raised alarms for civil rights groups across the country. “My concern is that Mr. Pompeo has left a trail of horrific, inaccurate, bigoted statements and associations vis-à-vis Muslims around the world,” said former director of the State Department’s office of religion and global … Continue reading Concerns raised over new Secretary of State nominee

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Olympic Speed Skating Gold Medalist Announced as 2018 Commencement Keynote Speaker

Jessica Clifford Staff Writer Joey Cheek, an Olympic speed skating gold medalist, was announced as the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s (UNCG) commencement keynote speaker for spring 2018. The all-in-one former Olympian, current commentator and humanitarian, will speak in front of approximately 2,745 students on May 4. He is an internationally recognized speed skater, winning more than 25 World Cup and World Championship medals. … Continue reading Olympic Speed Skating Gold Medalist Announced as 2018 Commencement Keynote Speaker

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Flint, Michigan no longer provided with free bottled water

MaryKent Wolff Staff Writer The city of Flint, Michigan, will no longer be provided the free bottled water that citizens have relied on since a crisis left them without clean water beginning in 2014. “We have worked diligently to restore the water quality and the scientific data now proves the water system is stable and the need for bottled water has ended,” said Michigan Gov. … Continue reading Flint, Michigan no longer provided with free bottled water

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