Four Seasons Politics
Dr. Jennifer Hensley, a 20-year healthcare professional, five-year member of the Hendersonville City Council and current mayor pro tempore, announced on Wednesday that she is running for mayor of the city.
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My grandmothers were born in a time when their race made casting a ballot dangerous. Now, their grandson is a mayor.
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Under intense pressure from President Trump and his MAGA allies to support the budget and policy bill pending in his chamber, U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis announced on Sunday that he will not seek re-election to a third term.
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House and Senate members on Thursday sent a new Helene-recovery bill to Gov. Josh Stein, though its compromise language dropped a House-proposed $60 million grant program to prop up businesses in western North Carolina.
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Per the official record, “climate change” in Henderson County gets a single footnote in the updated 2045 Comprehensive Plan.
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In late May, the latest Helene recovery package passed unanimously in the North Carolina House. But then it stalled for weeks, as Senate Republicans opted to use it as a bargaining chip in ongoing, tense budget negotiations about the relief bill.
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Protesters in downtown Hendersonville on Saturday said they feared democracy is slipping away in America as they called for an end to recent immigration crackdowns across the country.
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Demonstrators plan to gather at the Grove Street Courthouse and march to the Historic Courthouse on Main Street Saturday morning in one of hundreds of “No Kings Day” events across the U.S. and abroad.
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