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City of Henderson Public Works Director Linda Leyen updated Henderson City Council members on the progress city staff has made regarding the transition from public to private solid waste removal in the city.

Here is the agenda for the Vance County Board of Education’s special called meeting to be held on Friday, June 26, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. in the superintendent’s conference room at the Administrative Services Center.

A proposed ordinance to demolish what remains of Beacon Light Apartments was tabled by the Henderson City Council during their regular short meeting on Monday evening.

Washington, D.C. — Organizing for America (OFA), a project of the Democratic National Committee committed to building on and strengthening the historic grassroots network created during the Obama campaign and helping to advance the President’s agenda, today announced it has hired Lindsay Siler as the N.C. State Director and Gregory Jackson as the N.C. Field Director.

Although the Henderson City Council agreed to set the tax rate for fiscal 2010 at the last budget session on June 9, 2009 at 57.5 cents per hundred dollars of valuation, it voted five to three last night to raise the rate to 58.5 cents.

Before the adjournment of the Henderson City Council’s work session, member Garry Daeke spoke to fellow members on thinking about jointly funded projects.

Editor’s Note: We got the date wrong. This updated post reflects the correct day. We apologize for any confusion we may have caused. The Vance County Board of Education has called a special meeting to be held on Friday, June 26, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. in the Administrative Services Center’s Superintendent’s Conference Room.

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Last week, the House and the Senate began negotiations to reach a resolution between the differences in the two budgets.

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Congressman G. K. Butterfield issued the following statement after yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling regarding the Voting Rights Act:

Here is the agenda for the Henderson City Council’s work session for today, June 22, 2009.

Washington, D.C. -— At 1:00 p.m. on Friday, June 19, 2009, the chairmen of the three House panels with jurisdiction over health care reform unveiled their discussion draft for national health care reform in the House of Representatives.

Editor’s Note: Below is a letter dated June 12, 2009 from former Henderson City Council member Elissa Yount to Daily Dispatch publisher James Edwards regarding an editorial by Dispatch Editor Glenn Craven that was published on May 30, 2009.

Here is the agenda for the Henderson City Council’s short regular session to be held today, Monday, June 22, 2009 at City Hall, 134 Rose Avenue, Henderson, North Carolina. The regular short session of the council is held on the fourth Monday of each month at 6:00 p.m. unless otherwise announced.