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Asheville’s City Council on June 11 showed an increased commitment to the Asheville Police Department, voting for a 6% pay increase for officers. The raise will boost Asheville’s lowest-paid police salary to $50,309 annually.
This might be a good political talking point for city leaders, but it doesn’t come close to fixing the damage done over the past four years.
U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) today introduced the Do Our Job Act to make sure that Congress does not leave for the district work period in August unless all 12 annual appropriations bills are passed.
Edwards spoke on the House floor to highlight the need to fix how Washington works by making sure that the most important responsibility of the House of Representatives - passing bills that fund all parts of our government - is actually finished before members decamp for home.
U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) today spoke on the House floor regarding a proposed rule by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that would add significant administrative and regulatory burdens on fire departments in North Carolina's 11th District and across the country.
The proposed rule, the “Emergency Response Standard," would especially affect volunteer fire departments that have limited resources with which to serve their communities.
U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) today announced that he has requested nearly $38 million from the House Appropriations Committee - on which he sits - to assist rural and underserved communities and law enforcement in WNC.