Author:Taelor Thornton
Ninth Increase in Banking Interest Rates
Taelor Thornton Associate Editor Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD 2024 During this long battle with inflation, the Federal Reserve (the Fed) has now raised the interest rates by a quarter for the ninth time in a year. In February 2023, the Fed increased the rates by a quarter from 4.75% to 5%. Rates …
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HIPAA Violations Hurting Americans
Taelor Thornton Associate Editor Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD 2024 The Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) complaints and breaches increased from 2017 to 2021, yet the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) stated that they did not perform any audits due to financial resources in …
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Regulating the Black Experience
Taelor Thornton Associate Editor Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD 2024 Advanced Placement (AP) Music History, AP World History, AP Art History, AP European History, and now AP African American History. The College Board (the Board) offers 39 AP classes on many different subjects, and has recently added an African American history course. The …
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Are Tighter Gun Regulations the Answer to Combating Gun Violence?
Taelor Thornton Associate Editor Loyola University Chicago School of Law, JD 2024 On May 14, 2022, a gunman opened fire with a legally obtained AR-15-style rifle at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, killing 10 people. Ten days later, an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. …
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