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HUNTERSVILLE – The town's Memorial Day ceremony started at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 29.
Mayor John Aneralla was the master of ceremonies for the event, which featured words from U.S. Congresswoman Alma Adams, Commander Joe Reale of American Legion Post 321 and others.
The ceremony also included the laying of a wreath, performances from members of the Central Piedmont Community Chorus, the folding of the American flag by cadets of the North Mecklenburg High School JROTC and the playing of "Taps."
The Supreme Court in a 5-3 decision on Monday struck down two North Carolina congressional districts it said were illegally drawn based on race.
The majority's ruling, which handed a victory to voting rights advocates, included a rare pairing of conservative Justice Clarence Thomas with the court's four liberals.
While the decision won't trigger any immediate changes in North Carolina — the state's legislature redrew the districts last year while the case was ongoing — it could make it harder for legislators to draw up districts for partisan gain in 2020.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court struck down two congressional districts in North Carolina Monday because race played too large a role in their creation, a decision voting rights advocates said would boost challenges in other states.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Republicans in North Carolina unlawfully took race into consideration when drawing congressional district boundaries, concentrating black voters in an improper bid to diminish their statewide political clout.
The justices upheld a lower court's February 2016 ruling that threw out two majority-black U.S. House of Representatives districts because Republican lawmakers improperly used race as a factor when redrawing the legislative map after the 2010 census.
DAVIDSON – U.S. Rep. Alma Adams was in town Thursday, May 11, visiting with people at the Ada Jenkins Center and Davidson Housing Coalition, speaking with officials at Davidson College and touring the downtown area.
In the middle of all that, Adams, a Democrat who represents the state's 12th district, held a town hall-type meeting in the Davidson Town Hall.
Health care costs for North Carolinians enrolled in the Affordable Care Act would jump under the plan passed by House Republicans, according to an independent analysis.
Subsidies in the form of tax credits for a family making $50,000, North Carolina's median income, would fall by as much as $14,400 a year, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health policy research organization. In Mecklenburg County, credits would drop by $12,550.
Here's a roundup of women with ties to Charlotte in positions to affect and influence many people:
Alma Adams – The congresswoman has been outspoken about President Donald Trump's polices, while championing small business and opportunities for all.
Janelle Bailey – ESPN ranks the Providence Day School senior as the nation's 39th best high school women's basketball prospect. She'll play for the North Carolina Tar Heels next season.
Is President Donald Trump standing by his stated earlier commitment to support historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), or is he backing off, using some oblique constitutional reason not to do so?
Last Friday afternoon, the Trump White House issued a statement upon signing HR. 244, the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2017, which was recently passed by Congress to fund the federal government by $1.1 trillion through September 2017.
What was notable about the law was that even Democrats, like Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC-12), were pleased with it.
Have you—or anyone you know—skipped needed health care because of cost? Since this is true of one in three Americans, you probably answered yes. Do you think this is unfair?
When I worked as a family doctor at Carolinas Medical Center-Biddle Point, I saw people every day who didn't get needed health care because they couldn't pay. I don't think it's fair. There is another kind of health care system which would eliminate this unfairness.
By JONNELLE DAVIS First published April 25,2015
GREENSBORO — Moving into her own apartment was a good and bad experience for Melanie Noble.
The 24-year-old was part of a group that U.S. Rep. Alma Adams assembled Friday at her East Wendover Avenue office for a discussion about food insecurity in the Triad.