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Republicans lined up a vote next week in the House on making it easier for gun owners to legally carry concealed weapons across state lines, the first gun-related legislation since mass shootings in Nevada and Texas killed more than 80 people.
The bill is a top priority of the National Rifle Association, which calls it an important step to expand the right of gun owners to travel freely between states without worrying about conflicting state laws or civil suits.
Law enforcement agencies across Moore County teamed up to collect 564 pounds of medication as part of a national campaign to curtail prescription drug abuse.
Organized locally by the Moore County Sheriff’s Office, the National Take Back Initiative gives residents a chance to rid their medicine cabinets of unused or unwanted prescription drugs. Sheriff Neil Godfrey called this year’s initiative, which included events on April 29 and Oct. 28, a “huge success.”
HOPE MILLS, N.C. — Republicans in Congress are looking to deliver pro-growth tax reform before the end of 2017. The Trump Administration, the House Committee on Ways and Means, and the Senate Committee on Finance are banning together to develop a framework for a 21st century tax code.
HOPE MILLS — On Thursday John Buie accompanied the management team from JEB Designs to a trade show in Charlotte to inspect a $60,000 machine for his small screen-printing/embroidery company.
The next day Buie, the firm’s chief financial officer, hosted Republican U.S. Reps. Richard Hudson of North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District and Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington to hear about federal tax reform that could let his company buy that machine, and add jobs.
A fledgling company based in Southern Pines believes it might have a solution to part of the country’s ongoing opioid epidemic — and it only costs $1.50.
DisposeRx Inc. says it has developed a compound that can, when combined with water, seal unused and unwanted prescription drugs in a biodegradable goo that makes them impossible to use and can be thrown in the trash.
John Holaday, the company’s co-founder, said he drew his inspiration from the small packet of plant food that often comes with store-bought flowers and is added to water to make the flowers last longer.
HOPE MILLS — Republican lawmakers visited a small business in Hope Mills on Friday to promote plans for federal tax reform.
Rep. Richard Hudson, whose district includes Fort Bragg, and House Republican Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, whose district is in the eastern part of the state of Washington, hosted a tax reform roundtable at Jeb Designs, which does screen printing, embroidery and trophy sales.
SALISBURY, NC (WBTV) - Two local leaders who represent parts of Rowan and Cabarrus counties in the U.S. Congress are working this week to deal with the opioid and overdose epidemic.
U.S. Representative Ted Budd (R-NC 13) is co-sponsorship the Restoring Enforcement Standards to Track Opioids Responsively Act (HR 4079).