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Today, my WTSB host, Carl Lamm and I discussed the situation in Syria. President Obama is expected to address the public and Congress next Tuesday to try to garner support…
Right after my post on suburban poverty comes this N&R article on the Brookings Institute report identifying North Carolina’s 12th Congressional District as the top suburb poverty pocket. Need I…
Rep. Mel Watt bounced his 1 year-old grandson while questioning Attorney General Eric Holder during a House Judiciary Committee meeting on Wednesday.
National Review Online ran an editorial today about 12th Dist. Democrat Mel Watt’s nomination by President Obama to be head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency titled “Wall Street’s Favorite…
…Regarding whether or not to run for Rep. Mel Watt’s 12th District seat, should Watt be confirmed as head of Fannie and Freddie: Already several Democratic lawmakers have expressed interest…
The N&R supports Rep. Mel Watt’s nomination as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency(emphasis mine): The Senate should give Watt’s nomination a prompt hearing and fair consideration. Senators should…
If your head is spinning because of the shuffle going on in Raleigh and in Washington, join the club. Earlier this week, we learned that Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx will…
This is pretty funny. The Charlotte Observer puts out something called “The inaugural Mayoral Power Rankings” of possible candidates to be mayor of Charlotte yesterday and then had to update…
Couple days after naming Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx as his new transportation secretary, President Obama is set to name Rep. Mel Watt as the new director of the Federal Housing…
To become secretary of transportation, in a move that has been rumored about for several months. Do suspect we’ll hear more from the ambitious Anthony Foxx here in North Carolina…
Remember, it’s called the “Affordable Care Act.” And our president promised that it would bend the health care cost curve down. The name of the law is beginning to look…
Time Warner Cable fail yesterday –the whole bundle –Internet, phone, cable –so here’s catching up: *N&R’s Eddie Wooten rounds up reaction from local runners to the Boston Marathon bombings; Winston-Salem…