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U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson (NC-08) announced he is now accepting entries from all interested Eighth District high school students for the 2019 Congressional Art Competition.
This year’s competition is being in remembrance of legendary NASCAR artist Sam Bass, Rep. Hudson’s constituent and friend who recently passed away.
CONCORD – This year’s Congressional Art Competition will be held in remembrance of legendary NASCAR artist Sam Bass who recently passed away. The event is sponsored by Rep. Richard Hudson.
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - Fort Bragg leaders are apologizing for issues such as mold, lead paint and leaks found in housing on the sprawling Army post.
The Fayetteville Observer reports that the private company contracted to manage Fort Bragg’s housing also apologized during a two-hour town hall meeting Wednesday. Corvias representative Tim Toohey said he’s appalled by what he’s seen and heard.
Maj. Gen. James Minges apologized for not advocating for safe and clean housing. Minges is commander of the 82nd Airborne Division.
Fort Bragg leaders publicly acknowledged and apologized for housing issues such as mold, lead paint and leaks at the installation during a more than two-hour town hall meeting Wednesday.
Representatives of Corvias Military Housing, the private company contracted to manage the post’s housing, also attended the meeting.
Tim Toohey, a senior representative for Corvias, apologized on behalf of Corvias and said he is “appalled” by what he has seen and heard.
SALISBURY — Republicans are not united on President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration to fund a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. Rowan County’s representatives in Congress are an example of that disagreement.
On Friday, after not securing the amount of funding for a border wall he wanted from Congress, Trump declared a national emergency. He also signed a funding bill that included $1.4 billion for border security and would avert another government shutdown, but he had initially asked for $5.7 billion for a border wall.
President Donald Trump’s decision to tap into billions of dollars in defense funding to help build his signature border wall drew fierce criticism Friday from military-minded lawmakers in both parties, who warned the move would damage military readiness.
Trump’s declaration of a national emergency, including tapping into $3.6 billion in military construction funding to finance more barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border, set off another firestorm on Capitol Hill as he declared that the military projects his administration intended to raid “didn’t sound too important to me.”