NC Gov. Josh Stein was one of the nation’s governors who was briefed on a conference call Sunday by Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem about the elevated threat level after President Donald Trump’s air strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran on Saturday.
US Sen. Ted Budd, R-NC, is leading a bipartisan, bicameral effort with his North Carolina congressional colleagues in a letter urging the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to approve the state’s Action Plan for $1.4 billion in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding.
"The last thing on these folks’ minds right now is filing their taxes," US Rep. Tim Moore, R-NC14.
Freshman Congressman Harris appointed to sit on the House Agriculture Committee.
Congress gave final approval to the Laken Riley Act which now heads to newly-inaugurated President Donald Trump’s desk. It would be the first piece of legislation he signs into law during his second term as president. Here is how North Carolina's congressional delegation voted.
Sen. Ted Budd co-sponsored a joint resolution this week to impose term limits on members of Congress, a move that could block North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis from remaining in the Senate for an additional term.
This would be the first stand-alone legislation to assist farmers who want to transition from intensive animal agriculture to pasture-based animal agriculture or specialty crop production. It would also allow the USDA to create a grant program for eligible "climate-smart" conversion projects funded by the Inflation Reduction Act.
Democratic gubernatorial candidates for governor and Attorney General Josh Stein, along with Jeff Jackson, emerged victorious in the Mecklenburg County vote over their Republican opponents Lt. Governor Mark Robinson and Congressman Dan Bishop. Ballots are still being counted for some close state legislative races in the area.
Rep. Don Davis, D-NC, was re-elected to his second term with 49.46% of the vote and almost 185,000 votes, while Republican nominee Laurie Buckhout at 47.9% with 179,167 votes. Libertarian candidate Tom Bailey
If the GOP ends up hanging onto the US House by a handful of seats, NC moving from a 7-7 state to a 10-4 state will certainly be a major part of the equation.
On Tuesday, the campaign manager for former President Donald Trump informed the media that Project 2025, A Heritage Foundation blueprint for a Republican administration, attempts to "misrepresent" their influence over a Trump platform. The announcement comes as the architect of the policy initiative, Paul Dans, resigned from the Heritage Foundation on Tuesday.
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