Hendersonville Four Seasons Politics
Ninety-six years after community leaders dedicated a new Hendersonville High School on Eighth Avenue West and seven years after Henderson County commissioners, School Board members, City Council members and Bearcat alumni embarked on a protracted, often contentious negotiation of what a new HHS would look like, community leaders will dedicate the finished product.
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North Carolina Four Seasons Politics
When the North Carolina General Assembly enacted its budget revision for the 2022-23 fiscal year, it contained a major change in how the state funds roads.
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North Carolina Four Seasons Politics
CNBC has named North Carolina as America’s Top State for Business in 2022.
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North Carolina Four Seasons Politics
Gov. Roy Cooper signed the state’s $27.9 billion General Fund budget into law Monday afternoon, signaling that talks are progressing on Medicaid expansion even though the health care measure failed to make it into the budget.
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Henderson County Four Seasons Politics
Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill Monday that would have required North Carolina sheriffs to contact U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement if they cannot confirm the citizenship status of someone in their custody accused of serious felonies and violent crimes.
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Transylvania County Four Seasons Politics
A revised state budget allocates more than $26 million for capital projects and services in Henderson, Transylvania, and Buncombe counties, state Sen. Chuck Edwards and Reps. Tim Moffitt and Jake Johnson announced in a joint news release Thursday. Among the appropriations for Henderson County are $1 million that county commissioners may spend on "public projects," $1 million to support drug rehab efforts, $500,000 to Edneyville Fire & Rescue for building improvements or equipment and $300,000 to Conserving Carolina for dam repairs.
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North Carolina Four Seasons Politics
Top Republicans in the state legislature and the state’s attorney general are squaring up to fight over the line North Carolina drew on abortion nearly 50 years ago.
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Henderson County Four Seasons Politics
When it comes to news about medicine, it goes without saying that Covid-19 has consumed all the oxygen in the room — forgive the expression — for going on two and a half years.
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