WASHINGTON – Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today announced the selection of Heather Hahn of Wilkesboro and William Dinkins of Winston-Salem as the recipients of her ninth annual “Teacher in Congress” internship.
Hahn and Dinkins will arrive in Washington on July 10 for a week of intensive learning, curriculum development activities and hands-on experience in America’s federal… Read more »
WASHINGTON –Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., today voted in favor of legislation to improve K-12 education by replacing No Child Left Behind with new policies to help every child access a high-quality education. The House passed H.R. 5, the Student Success Act, by a vote of 218 to 213.
The Student Success Act, which reforms and reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, is a… 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 »
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed down a decision against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Mercury and Air Toxics Rule, a rule implemented in April to reduce some of the most toxic air pollution from coal-fired power plants, though Duke Energy officials say the decision will not have any immediate effect.
The justices, split 5-4, ruled that the EPA did not adequately… Read more »
House Republicans are poised to revisit an elementary and secondary education bill, months after it was controversially pulled from House consideration amid conservative objections.
The No Child Left Behind rewrite is expected on the floor in July, several members said, and to appease conservatives and outside groups who targeted the bill, House leaders will allow the chamber to vote… Read more »
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the country isn’t as clear-cut as it might seem, legal experts say.
It also allows ministers to refuse to marry those couples — depending on who is asked.
Suzanne Reynolds, the dean of the Wake Forest University School of Law, said that the court’s decision is clear.
“States may not… Read more »
