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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.
Greetings!
This January in Congress has been unlike any other.
On the first Wednesday, an insurrection caused in no small part by the outgoing President breached the Capitol for the first time in over 200 years. On the second Wednesday, we voted for an impeachment necessitated by the attack the week before.
Washington, D.C. - This week, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) and Rep. Mondaire Jones (NY-17) introduced legislation to ensure that all Americans have equal access to apprenticeship programs that align with today’s workforce needs.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswomen Alma Adams (NC-12), Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01), and Kathy Manning (NC-06), introduced a resolution recognizing the significance of the Greensboro Four Sit-In of 1960.
Charlotte – Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) will host a "Virtual Community Swearing-in Ceremony and Address" on Thursday, January 28 at 6:00 PM.
Washington, D.C. – Tomorrow, Congresswomen Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), Ilhan Omar (MN-05), and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) will introduce an amendment to the Constitution of the United States "recognizing and securing the fundamental right to life, liberty, and property, which includes housing, health care, education, and nutrition."
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) and other Democratic leaders introduced the Raise the Wage Act of 2021, which would gradually raise the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025. As an original cosponsor of the bill, she is joined by Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), Rep.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) released the following statement celebrating Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's confirmation:
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) will host a "Virtual Community Swearing-in Ceremony and Address" on Thursday, January 28 at 6:00 PM.
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The Congressional Black Caucus, a formidable bloc of lawmakers with a big say in the fate of President Donald Trump and his legislation, Monday sent him a terse, clear message: We don't think you understand us at all.
The growing aftermath of the White House controversy following violence and bigotry in Charlottesville, VA last weekend has reached the HBCU community, as leaders from advocacy groups and Capitol Hill are calling for the Trump Administration to cancel the annual White House Initiative on HBCUs conference.
U.S. Rep. Alma Adams has urged President Donald Trump and U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to postpone the 2017 National HBCU Week Conference in September because, she said, Trump hasn’t fulfilled the promises he made when he signed an executive order in February.
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., reacted Thursday to President Trump’s tweets that the removal of Confederate statues around the country is foolish and would damage the nation’s history and culture.
Burr and U.S. Rep. David Price, D-4th, were the only members of the state’s delegation to Congress who talked about Trump’s most recent statements about Confederate monuments.
The searing images of Neo-Nazis and white supremacists battling on the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, with counter-protesters on Saturday, culminating in the tragic murder of a young white woman when a car driven by an alleged Nazi sympathizer slammed into an unsuspecting crowd, are still in the minds and hearts of most African-Americans almost a
At Moore Place north of uptown Tuesday, local leaders gathered to talk about possible solutions to what’s become a major theme in Charlotte politics: Affordable housing and the lack thereof, as the city’s boom continues.
Unconvinced federal authorities will call out white nationalism, Charlotte’s social and political leaders are taking up the cause.
WASHINGTON — With great fanfare, President Donald Trump vowed to outdo former President Barack Obama in supporting the nation’s historically black colleges when he signed an executive order in February to place oversight of the schools directly in the White House.
Six months later, the school’s leaders are still waiting for results.
Jean Busby had no idea dehydration could be so expensive.
After feeling dizzy and thirsty during a rally at the state capitol, the Charlotte resident was rushed to a Raleigh hospital, where she learned the hard truth about health insurance.
U.S. Rep. Alma Adams said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s tough words about North Korea “probably added some fuel to the fire.”
On Tuesday Trump said North Korea’s nuclear threats would be “met with fire and fury and frankly power, the likes of which this world has never seen before.”