Category: News

My colleagues and I were busy on numerous fronts this week.

City Attorney John Zollicoffer began this portion of Monday’s Henderson City Council by reporting on a memorandum he had composed and delivered to members at the behest of the council during the last meeting.

The Vance County Board of Education will be meeting in special session today at 12:00 p.m. in the conference room of the Administrative Services Center on 1724 Graham Avenue.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman G.K. Butterfield said he is very disappointed with the latest delay in bringing reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act up for a vote in the House.

Raleigh – The House unanimously passed legislation to protect veterans, active duty military and members of the National Guard from identity theft on Thursday.

Raleigh – State representatives unanimously approved a bill Tuesday that tightens regulations for sex offenders.

City Manager Jerry Moss reported to the Henderson City Council on Monday evening that he had told Code Compliance Director Corey Williams to wait on demolitions until the city figures out what to do about landfill fees.

U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington) speaks at a press conference in front of the U.S. Capitol to announce a resolution opposing any plan by the Iraqi government to offer amnesty to insurgents who have harmed or killed Americans. Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington) today called on the Iraqi government to reject any proposal to offer amnesty to insurgents who have killed, kidnapped or wounded American soldiers and other American citizens.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman G. K. Butterfield urges anyone possibly affected by the theft of sensitive personal data from the Department of Veterans Affairs to immediately take advantage of the offer of free credit monitoring.

The Henderson City Council approved the budget for fiscal 2006-2007 in a unanimous vote on Monday evening.

The Henderson City Council voted last night to allow members to take the cash value of its health insurance benefit rather than accept health insurance coverage.

In a rescheduled 7:00 p.m. session of the Henderson City Council, members are expected to vote this evening on a ordinance adopting the budget for fiscal 2006-2007.

At Monday night’s council meeting, Henderson City Council member Mary Emma Evans introduced a motion to increase funding to the H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library from $277,000 to $300,000.

My colleagues and I in the House this week focused most of our time on finalizing and passing our version of the budget.

The City of Henderson is currently soliciting applications for persons interested in serving on:

One of the first items of business during Monday evening’s council meeting was a public hearing on the fiscal 2006-2007 budget as required by law.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-Lillington) today encouraged N.C. students and families to consider consolidating their college loans by July 1, when interest rates are set to rise an average of 2 percent, to their highest rate in years.

RALEIGH — Members of the State House gave initial approval of their version of the budget on Wednesday afternoon by a vote of 92 to 26 and final approval on Thursday morning, 91 to 23.