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June 22, 2015
Overdoses from prescription pain medications and heroin are skyrocketing across the Carolinas.
Carolinas Healthcare System is look at a new way to increase access to crucial medicine called naloxone that can literally stop an overdose and save lives.
Charlotte firefighters started carrying the medicine on their trucks last summer.
When firefighters rush to emergency calls, they often find people on death's doorstep overdosing on opioid drugs.
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Issues:Health Care
June 5, 2015
Legislation to fund the Justice Department is chock full of GOP-backed language designed to keep the Obama administration from moving ahead with gun control regulations.
The Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill, which cruised through the House this week, contains several provisions directed squarely at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) rule-making authority.
The Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations bill, which cruised through the House this week, contains several provisions directed squarely at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) rule-making authority.
Issues:Second Amendment
June 3, 2015
House Republicans have introduced an amendment to the bill that funds the Department of Justice which would prevent the executive agency from using any funds to ban "green tip" .223 ammunition.
On Tuesday, Rep. Richard Hudson (R., N.C.) introduced the amendment to HR 2578.
"This amendment is a strong first step to reduce the ATF’s threat to our Second Amendment and protect our right to keep and bear arms," Hudson said in a speech on the House floor.
Issues:Second Amendment
May 28, 2015
Members of North Carolina’s congressional delegation sent a letter Thursday to the head of the Federal Aviation Administration asking the agency to speed up allocating funds for a new control tower at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
The FAA is planning to open the new tower – which will be much taller and able to see all of the airport’s runways more effectively – in 2019.
“The new tower is vital to improve efficiency and safety as Charlotte Douglas continues to expand,” the seven representatives wrote.
Issues:Transportation
May 17, 2015
A local congressman who helped reunite an injured Army veteran with his military working dog in Fayetteville last year has introduced a way to smooth over the process for future adoptions.
U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson of North Carolina and Rep. Frank LoBiondo of New Jersey are pushing to add an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to give injured service members priority to adopt their military working dogs.
May 14, 2015
A move to allow veterans and their military dogs to stay together is in the works.
On Friday the U.S.
May 14, 2015
There is a plan in Washington, D.C. to help troops and their military working dogs stay together after war.
Former U.S. Army Sgt. John Nolan served in Afghanistan uncovering IEDs with Honza, a Labrador retriever.
“He's the only dog I’ve ever worked with so we've spent quite a bit of time together,” Nolan said.
Nolan adopted Honza after leaving the Army.
North Carolina Rep. Richard Hudson wants to make it easy for military service members to stay with their four-legged companions.
Former U.S. Army Sgt. John Nolan served in Afghanistan uncovering IEDs with Honza, a Labrador retriever.
“He's the only dog I’ve ever worked with so we've spent quite a bit of time together,” Nolan said.
Nolan adopted Honza after leaving the Army.
North Carolina Rep. Richard Hudson wants to make it easy for military service members to stay with their four-legged companions.
April 26, 2015
SALISBURY — Army Sgt. Matthew Cooke of Norwood received his Purple Heart Saturday.
It was a long time coming.
The afternoon of Nov.
Issues:Veterans
April 21, 2015
President Obama’s executive amnesty is failing to keep the public safe, Rep.