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On Wednesday, July 19, 2023, North Carolina Representative Ashton Wheeler Clemmons and 90 other legislators from 41 states were in attendance when President Joe Biden's Administration hosted the White House States Convening on Child Care in our nation's capital.
Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04), a member of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, joined her colleagues on the floor of the United States House of Representatives yesterday to deliver a speech urging Congress to act on gun violence.
Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) offered a bipartisan amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would have protected the children of long-term visa holders – also known as Documented Dreamers – from aging out of the system while they await green cards.
NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson (R-NC) released the following statement on passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act
Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04), released the following statement after the United States House of Representatives voted on the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, a bipartisan budget agreement reached between President Biden and House Republican lawmakers.
Attorney General Josh Stein today urged the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to fix the broken Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program and make loan forgiveness a reality for public servants across the country.
Some Republican members of the N.C. Council of State used a meeting Tuesday, Aug. 3, to underscore the challenges employers face in finding workers because, at least in part, of generous unemployment benefit payments from the federal government.
Public school districts in North Carolina have received about $5.3 billion in COVID-related relief from the federal government. But, on average, school leaders have spent just 13% of that money.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced it is expanding eligibility for food assistance benefits to help college students who are struggling to purchase food and stay in school during the pandemic.
Lawmakers in the North Carolina House have fast-tracked a bill that would allow businesses that received Payroll Protection Program loans from the federal government to have any expenses the funds were used for deducted from state tax.
