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The House Judiciary Committee plans to mark up the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act this Wednesday. The bill would certify that each state recognize the concealed carry firearm credentials of other states.
Additionally, the bill mandates that states allow their own residents to carry firearms through “non-resident” permits they obtained from another state.
The House bill was introduced back in January by North Carolina Republican Rep. Richard Hudson and the corresponding Senate bill was introduced by Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn.
The House this week will push ahead with legislation allowing concealed carry permit holders to bring their guns to other states.
The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled on Tuesday to consider the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017. The legislation was introduced in January by Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., and followed reports of gun owners getting arrested for traveling through states with stricter gun laws.
CONCORD, N.C. - As families enjoy Thanksgiving around the table together, many North Carolina soldiers will spend the holiday protecting America overseas in Afghanistan.
Eyewitness News anchor Allison Latos found out that some Concord students are making sure our troops feel the love from everyone back home.
Handmade cards, crafted with care by students at R Brown McAllister Elementary School, will soon bring holiday cheer to Fort Bragg soldiers posted in Afghanistan.
Student Aubrie Gatz told Channel 9 that her dad is in the Air Force.
CONCORD- U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson stopped by for a visit to R. Brown McAllister STEM Elementary School this week.
Hudson participated in a question and answer session with fourth and fifth grade students. He talked about what he does as a congressman, the branches of government, being on Capitol Hill, his family and visiting the White House.
He visited the school to pick up Thanksgiving cards students made for soldiers.
On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed major tax legislation by a slim margin and along party lines.
The bill, known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed by a vote of 227-205 and now moves to the Senate. All House Democrats and 13 Republicans voted against the bill.
Rep. Walter Jones of North Carolina’s 3rd District, was among the few Republicans who opposed the bill.
The bill would amend the Internal Revenue Code to reduce tax rates and change credits and deductions for individuals and businesses. Key components of the bill include:
U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson appeared at a Boost Your Business seminar in Fayetteville on Friday with Facebook representatives to advise veterans who own small business owners how to use Facebook to reach their customers.
Hudson said about 300 attended and the audience was largely a mix of veterans and military family members.
Rep. G.K Butterfield, a Wilson democrat, and Rep. Richard Hudson, a Concord republican, are heralding the passage of House Bill 304, the Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act.
H.R. 304 will enhance emergency medical technicians’ ability to dispense lifesaving drugs, cutting through a tangle of federal red tape that brings unnecessary complication into the life-and-death decisions paramedics and EMTs must make in a matter of moments.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- Four World War II veterans finally received awards they earned while serving.
The ceremony took place Friday at the North Carolina State Veterans Home.
Congressman Richard Hudson and the Veterans' Legacy Foundation worked to find medals for veterans who either never got them while serving or didn't know they earned them.
In the process to find awards for the four men, the organization found out one should have received the Bronze star.
SPRING LAKE – Dozens of people gathered to pause and reflect on the service and sacrifices of veterans during Spring Lake’s annual Veterans Day ceremony on Friday.
“From the jungles of Vietnam to the rocky steeps of Afghanistan, from Pork Chop Hill to Persian Gulf, from Bastogne to Baghdad, there were soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines that have borne America’s wars and continue to stand watch,” said Eric Nilsen, quartermaster of Spring Lake Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4542.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — Veterans Day is not until Saturday, but many were observing Veterans Days Friday by honoring servicemen and women.
Just outside the U.S. Army Airborne & Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville, there is Vietnam Memorial wall.
There are more than 58,000 names on that wall. They’re all fallen soldiers who served in Vietnam.
But there are other soldiers who have fallen through the cracks and are finally being honored.
After more than 70 years, James Kennedy finally received his medal.
“I feel real good about it,” said Kennedy.