Leadership at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro says financial headwinds are forcing changes, including program cuts. Chancellor Frank Gilliam Jr. is facing opposition from some faculty and students. UNCG enrollment has declined by more than 2,000 students in the last five years. Gilliam says that’s leading to budget challenges. "We really need to take a focused look at what we're offering, where student demand is, where opportunity areas are for us, and then what things can we just not afford to do anymore,” he says.
Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, who rose to become one of New Jersey’s most prominent Black leaders and passionately advocated for revitalizing cities and against gun violence, died Tuesday after a sudden illness. She was 71. Oliver served as Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s top deputy, stepping in for him while the governor was out of state. She also overseeing the Department of Community Affairs, which coordinates state aid to towns and cities and supervises code enforcement. No cause of death was given, Murphy’s office said in a statement from the Oliver family. Oliver was serving as acting governor while Murphy and his family are on vacation in Italy.
Business North Carolina, a news magazine serving the state for the past 40 years, includes Elon University President Connie Ledoux Book in its list of North Carolina’s most influential business.
Atlantic City’s council held its first meeting Wednesday since the mayor’s home was raided by the FBI and the ATF. The mayor was also accused of being involved in a fight outside an Atlantic City casino. Councilman Jeffree Fauntlreoy II, who was also accused of being involved in the fight, attended the meeting. Now city leaders are working on. Reporter Dec 12, 2018
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New Jersey FMBA President Ed Donnelly seems like a formidable potential candidate for state Senate
in the 21st District. He’s a powerful guy as both head of one of the state’s big public workers unions and chair of the Police and Firemen’s Retirement System. And it’s another one of those once-safely Republican districts that got a lot friendlier-looking to Democrats in the Trump era.