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Washington, D.C. – Rep. Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) released the following statement on the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald John Trump:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) introduced a resolution expressing the sense of Congress that February 11, 2021, be observed as the 6th annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Charlotte – Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) celebrated legislation included in the House COVID-19 stimulus package that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) was reelected as Vice Chair of the House Agriculture Committee by her colleagues. She will also continue to serve on the House Committee on Agriculture’s Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
WASHINGTON— Today, Representatives Alma Adams (NC-12) and Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Members of the Black Maternal Health Caucus unveiled the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021, historic legislation to save moms’ lives, end racial and ethnic disparities in maternal health outcomes, and achieve mat
WASHINGTON— On Monday, February 8 at 10:30 AM ET, Representatives Alma Adams (NC-12) and Lauren Underwood (IL-14), and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) will host a virtual press conference to introduce the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021.
Tomorrow, Thursday, February 4, 2021 at approximately 11:00 a.m. in the Senate Swamp in front of the U.S.
Charlotte – Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) highlighted a new report that says that 32% of workers in North Carolina's 12th Congressional District (parts of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County) would benefit from proposals to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2025.
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Just hours after Senate Republicans failed to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act — seemingly ending a dogged legislative effort — members of the North Carolina congressional delegation were pushing for a new attempt.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Johnson C. Smith University and other local colleges are millions of dollars in debt to the federal government, according to a new report that says the problem is affecting many historically black colleges.
As congressional Republicans try to pass an unpopular plan that would roll back the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and cause an estimated 22 million
WASHINGTON, D.C. Senate Republican leaders released on Thursday a revised plan to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but it drew criticism from senators on both sides of the political divide within the Republican party, indicating a treacherous path for the bill.
Tashni-Ann Dubroy, who recently resigned after two years as president of Shaw University, takes one more notable memory with her as she moves into a top administrative post at Howard University this fall.
U.S. Rep. Alma Adams, a Charlotte Democrat, joined the Observer Wednesday for a Facebook Live, where she’ll answered questions from the public and a reporter Jim Morrill.
Watch it on the Observer’s Facebook page.
Noting that the NC Republican legislative leadership is “dragging their feet” about doing anything that would fairly represent voters when it comes to redistricting, Congresswoman Alma Adams says they frankly “don’t give a damn about these citizens.”
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Hundreds of Charlotteans, along with many local leaders, celebrated America’s birthday Tuesday morning in east Charlotte during the 49th annual Hickory Grove parade.
Twenty-year-old political science majors Dariana Reid, a rising senior at Johnson C. Smith University, and Nasya Blackwell, a rising junior at North Carolina A&T State University, are interning in both a Democratic and a Republican office on the Hill this summer.
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If the Senate health care plan becomes law, no state’s residents would fare worse than North Carolina, according to a new study on the proposed bill.