Virginia Foxx, who represents Ashe County in the U.S. House of Representatives, has been busy voting for a wide variety of legislation during the last week.
On Friday, July 10, Foxx cast her vote in support of House Resolution 91, also called the Veterans Identification Card Act of 2015.
According to Foxx’s spokeswoman, Sheridan Watson, this legislation will make it easier for… Read more »
Republican members of the North Carolina congressional delegation on Tuesday heavily criticized the deal the United States and other world powers reached with Iran.
The agreement would curb Iranian nuclear programs with the goal of easing fears of a nuclear-armed Iran threatening the Middle East. In return, Iran would get billions of dollars in relief from international… Read more »
A new explosive study has found a direct link between expanded federal aid and rising tuition rates among the nation’s colleges and universities, re-energizing a debate over the escalating cost of post-secondary education for millions of Americans.
Critics say the findings prove a long-held theory that current aid policy is not helping, and may be actually hurting families who are… Read more »
On June 30, 2015, the U.S. Secretary of Labor, Thomas E. Perez, and Representative Virginia A. Foxx visited two of Forsyth Tech’s state-of-the-art facilities.
The purpose of the visit was to observe first-hand the leadership role the college is playing in creating unique apprenticeship opportunities for students with regional… Read more »
Not even Mother Nature’s rains could stop thousands of festivalgoers young and old, local and tourists from coming out July 3 and 4 to enjoy the 29th annual Christmas in July.
Vice president of the Christmas in July board of directors Jane Lonon, who has seen every Christmas in July, explained the history of the festival.
“It was a project of the Ashe County Christmas Tree Growers… Read more »
When sociology professor John Trammell ran for Congress in 2014, he was “amazed” by how well prepared he was to be a politician.
Public speaking, prolific writing, research, the internal politics of higher education and the experience of being critiqued through peer review — all were skills applicable both in the ivory tower and in politics.
But Trammell’s higher education didn’t… Read more »
U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez and Rep. Virginia A. Foxx were in King on Tuesday to learn about an innovative program at the Northwest Forsyth Tech Center that can turn unskilled workers into sought after employees making $12 to $22 an hour over the course of a nine week program.
Through the Forsyth Electrical Lineman Pre-Apprenticeship program students learn academic and… Read more »
Forsyth Tech Community College Gary Green (l-r), U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, and Rep. Virginia Foxx tour a Science Skills Lab at FTCC on Tuesday, June 30, 2015.
In 2012, Forsyth Technical Community College received a $15 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to help pay for its high-tech biosciences program.
That lab was on full display Tuesday for U.S. Secretary… Read more »
U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez had his mouth wide open when he learned Shane Harmon, the 23-year-old graduated apprentice who had just handed him an air bag cover fresh from a mold press, already owns a home.
Perez and U.S. Reps. Virginia Foxx and Robert Pittenger on Tuesday toured Mooresville-based Ameritech Die and Mold Inc., one of the five partners of Apprenticeship 2000, to… Read more »
More American workers would qualify for overtime with a plan President Barack Obama is proposing.
Right now, any salaried employee paid more than $455 a week, or about $23,600 a year, can be called a “manager” and doesn't have to be paid overtime. The president wants salaried employees earning up to about $50,400 to be able to earn overtime.
President Obama said the… Read more »
