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Local leaders and federal officials have until June 15 to persuade the Federal Aviation Administration to restore funding to the air traffic control tower at Concord Regional Airport.
After that, budget cuts stemming from the federal budget sequestration will force towers at 149 noncommercial airports nationwide to close.
MONROE —Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) stopped at South Piedmont Community College Thursday during for his "Creating Jobs through Workforce Training" tour.
SPCC officials led Hudson on a tour of the college. Afterwards, he participated in a short round table discussion with members of the college, local officials and others.
Karissa Minn -
SALISBURY — U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson met with Rowan-Cabarrus Community College leaders Tuesday as part of what he called a “Job Creation through Workforce Training” tour.
But his focus wasn’t on creating jobs. It was on creating qualified workers for the jobs that are already out there.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are 12 million people unemployed nationwide, but 3.6 million jobs are still unfilled.
HARRISBURG, N.C. – “Jobs, jobs, jobs” are the main issues for 8th District Congressman Richard Hudson, who met with local business and government leaders at Harrisburg Town Hall Tuesday morning.
Hudson told the group that jobs were his top priority and that he had worked to pass the SKILLS Act (H.R. 803) to simplify federal job training.
Currently there are more than 50 federal job training programs which are confusing to potential workers and hard to access, Hudson said.
David Whisenant -
SALISBURY - While economists agree that unemployment is down across the nation, there are still thousands in our area who can’t find work. Rowan and Cabarrus counties took a huge hit when Pillowtex closed, and there have been big job losses since then.
Into that gap stepped Rowan Cabarrus Community College, retraining workers for new jobs, but there’s still a lot of work to do.