Governor Bev Perdue is proclaiming Wednesday, May 16, 2012, as Tourism Day in North Carolina, celebrating travel and tourism as a major industry that is vital to the economic stability and growth of the state. For the first time, state tax receipts as a result of visitor spending topped $1 billion in 2011 and have [...]

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) reacted to today’s announcement that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) would move forward with its realignment proposal for FAA Airport District Offices, causing North Carolina airports to report to the FAA’s Memphis, Tennessee office instead of the FAA’s Atlanta, Georgia office.   “I am deeply disappointed by the [...]

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman G.K. Butterfield (NC-01) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved an $810,000 loan and a $50,000 grant to aid in the rebuilding of the aging Sanoca Rural Fire District facility in Wilson, North Carolina. “I commend the USDA for recognizing the importance of public and fire safety [...]

Gov. Bev Perdue has presented her 2012-13 budget for Investing in Our Future, a plan to guide North Carolina toward expanded economic growth and opportunity for its citizens. Budgets reflect our priorities and who we are as a state, and Gov. Perdue has focused investments in education, jobs and military families and veterans.  “This budget [...]

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) today announced that the U.S. Department of Education has granted continued funding for programs that support underserved students at three colleges in North Carolina’s First Congressional District. The grants will fund Upward Bound programs at Elizabeth City State University, Chowan University and Wilson Community College. “Upward Bound [...]

Last Friday, the Treasury Department posted this infographic to their blog and we wanted to make sure you didn’t miss it. Today, millions of Americans who are current on their mortgage payments cannot refinance at historically-low interest rates. The President is proposing legislation that would allow more homeowners to refinance. Under the President’s plan, they [...]

RALEIGH — A $3 million contract has been awarded by the N.C. Department of Transportation to improve 10 bridges over I-85 between Durham and Oxford. Taylor & Murphy Construction Company Inc. of Asheville was the low bidder for work on eight bridges in Granville County and two in Durham County. Preservation work is scheduled in [...]