Global Logged User Info (Redux)

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I'm working on a backend that utilizes Redux. Toda is my first day with it and so far it seems pretty spot-on to what I was looking for in an authentication library.

I'm trying to find a way to make the logged username and group globally available. I want to be able to bring up the username on any page without having to define the variable in every controller. Is this possible within CI?

Essentially I want to be able to put this (or something equivalent) anywhere in my views:

Code:

<?=$username;?>