The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to reauthorize the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (SOAR), which creates vouchers for a certain number of K-12 students in the District of Columbia. But what will happen after the House's passage of H.R. 10 is unclear.
The Opportunity Scholarship program is a political favorite of House Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio,… Read more »
Local students mingled with heavy machinery Friday as part of National Manufacturing Day at Freightliner’s Rowan County plant.
Students streamed through the Cleveland plant as part of a guided tour and heard presentations from local companies. National Manufacturing Day wrapped up with speeches from Cleveland Plant Manager Henning Bruns and U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5. During speeches… Read more »
Production in the three Charlotte-area Daimler Trucks North America plants is on the upswing and the question becomes whether the assembly lines can find qualified workers.
That’s the message from plant manager Henning Bruns at the Cleveland facility.
Henning Bruns, plant manager at DTNA's Cleveland truck plant, addresses students and employees during a town hall-style meeting on… Read more »
Applying for federal financial aid each year is often a mystifying, excruciating process for college-bound students and their families.
It starts with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, a confounding document with roughly 130 questions about a family’s finances. The task is so difficult that in North Carolina, financial aid counselors volunteer their time at… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., will host a U.S. Service Academy Day on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Clemmons Branch Library, 3554 Clemmons Road, Clemmons, NC 27012. The event will help familiarize students with the application and nomination process for applying to the nation's five military service academies.
“North Carolina’s 5th Congressional District… Read more »
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R.-N.C.) indicated through a spokesperson her interest in chairing the House Education and Workforce Committee.
Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.), who currently heads the panel, announced earlier today that he would not seek reelection in 2016, opening a swing seat in Minnesota’s 2nd Congressional District and a vacancy in the committee.
“Yes, she is interested in… Read more »
The decision by Rep. John Kline not to seek reelection in 2016 set off a scramble about who will become the next chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee.
Kline, who's chaired the committee since 2011, was already set to relinquish the chairmanship in 2017 under term-limits rules. But his retirement announcement Thursday eliminated any possibility he might seek a… Read more »
On Friday morning, Stan Elrod stood on a stage straddling the 50-yard line of Reagan High School’s football field.
Ten years and three days earlier, he stood outside the then-brand new building, ready to welcome the very first students.
“There was a rooster crowing in our front yard and deer running across (this) field,” said Elrod, Reagan’s first principal.
Reagan, along with… Read more »
As the assistant athletic director at Mount Tabor High School, Bill Dinkins usually spends summers making sure that everything sports-related is ready for the coming school year.
This summer, he stepped off the mower long enough to head to Washington for a week in mid-July to learn more about how government works day-to-day. Dinkins was one of two teachers in the 5th Congressional… Read more »
With Congress on an August recess, U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5, on Thursday met with County Commissioners Chairman Greg Edds to discuss ongoing projects and funding needs in Rowan.
Among the topics discussed were education, a runway extension at the Rowan County Airport and various economic development projects across the area, according to Foxx.
“During this August recess, I’m… Read more »
