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SALISBURY — How does a “massive, impersonal bureaucracy” address the needs of individual people?
It’s a core question for the VA Health Care System, U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson said Monday after a meeting with caregivers, veterans and representatives of the nonprofit advocacy group Independence Fund.
Hudson heard stories Monday about difficulty accessing care, accusations of malpractice and confusion surrounding the ramifications of the VA Mission Act, a bill whose goal was to give veterans greater access to health care in VA facilities and at private providers.
CONCORD — What were you doing 100 years ago?
American Legion Post 51, on Wilshire Boulevard in Concord, was just getting started.
Post 51 has been honoring veterans, serving in the community and hosting meetings for a century.
It hosted an open house on its grounds Wednesday to recognize its long-standing contributions to the area.
Post 51 invited the public into its home; talked about its mission goals and what it does; and showed documents of its history.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson, N.C. District 8, joined a bipartisan effort with more than 100 of his colleagues in the House of Representatives to urge Major League Baseball to abandon its plan to eliminate 42 Minor League teams. This effort follows recent reporting that the MLB’s proposal would eliminate 42 affiliated teams in total and shrink the number of affiliated minor league teams by 25 percent.