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One of Rowan County’s members of Congress cheered a 4-4 tie by U.S. Supreme Court justices this week.
Down one Supreme Court justice, the U.S. Supreme Court tied in a chase that challenged President Barrack Obama’s immigration plan. Because of the tie, a lower appeals court ruling remains in place. The ruling applies to Obama’s 2014 executive action, which could have prevented as many as five million unauthorized immigrants from being deported.
U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson this week received the Conservative Achievement Award by the American Conservative Union.
The American Conservative Union was founded in 1964 — making it the oldest conservative lobbying organizations in the U.S. It hosts the popular Conservative Political Action Conference and uses voting records to rank how conservative a politician is. Hudson, for example, received a rank of 95 of 100 for his voting record in 2015. His rating in 2014 was 88 of 100.
GRANITE QUARRY — In Granite Quarry, the postman rings twice, or three or four times.
To mark, even celebrate a new way letters and parcels can be addressed in Granite Quarry, Mayor Bill Feather and U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., helped in the delivery of mail to four different businesses Friday afternoon.
Leah Morgan, one of four carriers out of the Salisbury Post Office who deliver to addresses in this area, actually delivered the mail to the Hot Dog Shack, Crescent Construction, Slice of Heaven Pizza and the East 52 Auto Care Center.
PEMBROKE — Just five days after being sworn in as the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina’s chairman, Harvey Godwin Jr. made history.
Godwin found himself in Washington, D.C., at the nation’s capitol attending the final State of the Union address delivered by President Barack Obama. He was there at the invitation of Rep. Richard Hudson, a Republican from Concord whose District 8 encompasses most of Robeson County.
LUMBERTON — Harvey Godwin, the Lumbee Tribe’s newly-elected chairman, will attend President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address tonight.
Godwin is attending the speech at the U.S. Capitol as the guest of U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, who represents North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District, including Robeson.
In statement, Godwin said he is “elated” to attend the event and says it is “a privilege to represent the Lumbee Tribe on such a prestigious and national stage.”
The State of the Union will air live at 9 p.m.
In a political world mired in fights over federal spending and squabbles over Syrian refugees, a North Carolina congressman found a way to make nearly 1,300 households happy:
By ensuring that the U.S. Postal Service affirms one small town’s identity.