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Op-Ed: With dismal access to care, mental illness to be addressed in upcoming Greenville symposium

We have a lot to be proud of in South Carolina. A storied heritage, diverse population, thriving economy, and vibrant landscape spanning mountains to ocean. Yet there is one area our great state can do better in: mental health.

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Op-Ed: Properly installed car seats vital to children’s safety

A national study suggests that 93 percent of families leaving the hospital with their newborns had one or more “critical errors” with their car seat installation as classified by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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Op-Ed: GHS ‘compromise bill’ fails to restore ‘public control’

Even though GHS will not be sold to some third party, the reality is that it has already been stolen by its executive management.

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Op-Ed: Junior Achievement is preparing the workforce of the future

Imagine the difference in the quality of our workforce if all students who graduated from high school were already prepared for their future.

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Op-Ed: Preserve GHS as a strong, local health-care system

At Greenville Health System (GHS), we are here for the community.

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Op-Ed: What is the definition of safe, stable shelter?

Recent lively debates during County Council meetings have sparked conversations about adequate outdoor shelter for dogs in Greenville County.

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Op-Ed: Political and public solutions threaten school safety

After the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., political and public opinions on making schools safe are proving to be as misguided as the broader school reform movement that has failed our students.

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Op-Ed: Our state Legislature: comfortable or courageous?

For far too long we've held our elected officials to the lowest standard, not the highest. When elected officials are brought up on ethics violations, we shake our heads and say, "That’s just the way it is in Columbia."

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Op-Ed: Investing to Grow: We need transit infrastructure that works

For the last three months, I have ridden the bus to work.

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Op-Ed: It’s time for all short-term rentals to start playing by the same rules

As we are all aware, short-term rental companies such as Airbnb, VRBO, HomeAway, and other such online marketplaces are becoming more prolific in many markets, including Greenville.

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Op-Ed: Remove politics from our health care operations

As a nursing leader with more than 35 years of experience, I was stunned and saddened by proposed legislation calling for Greenville Health System to be sold to the highest bidder.

Op-Ed: Moving Beyond Outrage

by Bob Inglis Recently 200 former members of Congress, Republicans and Democrats, gathered at Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia to sign Issue One’s Declaration to Renew the Founders’ Promise. In that…

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Why you are seeing poppies in Greenville in 2018

While Camp Sevier was only part of Greenville for less than two years, it has created a lasting impact on our community. The men who served in the Old Hickory came back home and built Greenville during its first great boom of the 1920s.

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Op-Ed: Our government does work, but not like it should

For the past two years, I have been involved in a personal experiment of sorts to see what is actually is happening in government at the state and federal level.

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Op-Ed: We know how to stop kids with guns, don’t we?

By Marc Wiludjanski–Wilson Now it’s 17 murdered in Parkland, Fla. Before that, Sutherland Springs, Texas. Orlando. Sandy Hook. Las Vegas. Virginia Tech. Charleston. Columbine, and, and, and … too many deaths…

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