North Carolina Four Seasons Politics
Filing for local, state and federal offices opens at noon Monday and new names could appear up and down the ballot as current office holders try to move up.
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Henderson County Four Seasons Politics
Announcing that he is running for Congress on Tuesday, state Sen. Chuck Edwards urged a supportive crowd at the Historic Courthouse plaza to send him to Washington to do what he’s done in the state Legislature.
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Henderson County Four Seasons Politics
Asheville businessman Matthew Burril announced his candidacy for the 14th Congressional District, swelling the Republican field to five with more expected.
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Henderson County Four Seasons Politics
On Tuesday, state Sen. Chuck Edwards, who currently represents Buncombe, Henderson, and Transylvania counties, is expected to announce his candidacy for the newly configured 14th Congressional District. The new 14th comprises North Carolina’s most western counties.
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North Carolina Four Seasons Politics
When Carolina Journal first reported first-term U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s intention to abandon his current district next year to run in an adjacent one, CJ quoted Cawthorn as saying his decision was part of “a strategy to increase conservativism in North Carolina.”
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Henderson County Four Seasons Politics
Truman Capote’s story, "A Christmas Memory," will be presented as a one-man show by actor and theologian E.R. Haire Jr. at the Episcopal Church of St. John in the Wilderness. Due to high demand, two more performances have been added.
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North Carolina Four Seasons Politics
Henderson County's legislative delegation is praising the newly adopted state budget for appropriating almost $300 million for Western North Carolina counties.
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Henderson County Four Seasons Politics
In addition to the state budget passing and being sent to the governor, last Thursday marked a celebration of sorts as chairman of the House Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee.
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Henderson County Four Seasons Politics
Gov. Roy Cooper signed the $25.9 billion budget plan into law on ThuRsday, marking the first budget from the General Assembly that Cooper has signed since taking office in 2017.
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