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Federal government shuts down asCongress remains divided

Alex Bucknam
Reading Time: 3 minutesAlex Bucknam Managing Editor In the week leading up to Oct. 1, many federal employees knew a shutdown was coming.   That meant most would be placed on furlough, while those deemed essential would continue working without pay.  A continuing resolution (CR) — commonly called a stopgap bill — H.R. 5371......
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Police Blotter

Alex Bucknam
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUniversity Police Department   SUNY Fredonia   The Police Blotter, run and shared with The Leader by the University Police Department (UPD), aims to provide information to students, faculty and the community in and around SUNY Fredonia. All information is provided on the University Police Department’s website, https://www.fredonia.edu/about/offices/university-police/blotter. The Police Blotter will......
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‘Hands Off!’ rallies make an appearance in Fredonia

Alex Bucknam
Reading Time: 2 minutesALEX BUCKNAM Asst. News Editor  On April 5, people across the United States took to the streets to protest President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. The protesters had one message: hands off! The event, called “Hands Off!,” was a nationwide protest that took place in almost every large urban community......
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University Police launch new bike patrol initiative

Dan Quagliana
Reading Time: 3 minutesDAN QUAGLIANA Managing Editor Prior to last week, there were only two ways you would see University Police (UP) officers around campus: walking or in a patrol car. Now, you’ll see them on bikes, as well. On April 23, SUNY Fredonia’s University Police Department debuted bicycle patrols, meaning students will......
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Tariffs, special elections and breaking records: The current situation in Washington

Alex Bucknam
Reading Time: 3 minutesALEX BUCKNAM  Asst. News Editor Washington has been busy these past two weeks with multiple events taking place, one being historical.  Such happenings include two special elections in Florida to fill the vacant seats in the House of Representatives. Additionally, the record for the longest Senate speech was broken and......
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University Police attempt to quell fears of ICE on campus

Dan Quagliana
Reading Time: 3 minutesDAN QUAGLIANA Managing Editor One of President Donald Trump’s central campaign promises was that he would immediately start “preparing to round up undocumented people already in the United States on a vast scale and detain them in sprawling camps while they wait to be expelled.” Now that Trump has taken......
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President Trump signs orders dismantling eight departments 

Alex Bucknam
Reading Time: 3 minutesOver the last few weeks, President Donald Trump has issued two executive orders that directed eight departments/ agencies to dismantle themselves, including the Department of Education (ED) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).   On March 14, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Continuing the Reduction of......
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[SCALLION/NEWS] All hail the new era: The Scallion has taken over

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesMEGAN KIDBY Supreme Ruler of the Editorial Board It is with great pleasure (for me) and mild concern (for everyone else) that I announce my ascension to the role of Editor-in-Chief.  Yes, you read that correctly.  After years of being confined to the dark, joke-filled corner of The Leader as......
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Local TV station owner Phil Arno shares insight into reality of news industry

Contributor to The Leader
Reading Time: 3 minutesABBIE MILLER Editor-in-Chief While he spent a lot of his career behind the silver screen, there is nothing two-dimensional about Phil Arno. This is exactly the thought process that led Communications Professor Mike Igoe to choose the WBBZ TV Owner as a guest speaker for his journalism class.  Arno described......
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