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ROANOKE RAPIDS — With $950,000 delivered by U.S. Congressman Don Davis, the Lincoln Heights Community can look forward to building a new community center with $2.2 million in project funds.
The presentation took place on March 27 next to the Lincoln Height Community Center at 34 Lincoln St., where dignitaries, officials and others attended.
Robersonville officials gather around U.S. Congressman Don Davis and an oversized check representing a $1 million Community Project Fund appropriation.
Today, more than 900,000, or 1 in 5, households in North Carolina have access to affordable high-speed internet thanks to the Biden administration’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). However, unless Congress extends funding for the program by the end of this month, many of these households could lose access to this service.
In April, the program will only offer partial benefits. Without additional funding from Congress, the program is expected to end completely in May, leaving 23 million Americans at risk of losing affordable internet access.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been urged to “leverage US leadership within the United Nations” and advocate for the rights of the Eelam Tamils to self-determination, by a group of ten members of congress this week.
“We write to bring to your attention the ongoing and unresolved plight of the Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka,” said the letter to Secretary Blinken.
U.S. Congressman Don Davis ended a four-day, 15-stop tour of eight District 1 counties Thursday evening with a Town Hall meeting in Windsor.
The two-hour event capped Davis’s week awarding Community Project Fund (CPF) appropriation checks to the municipalities of Robersonville, Elizabeth City, Roper, Columbia, Plymouth, Halifax, Grimesland, Spring Hope and Nashville. Each of these communities submitted CPF applications for specific projects meeting appropriation guidelines.
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) -The Greenville police department is going to be able to buy 220 new body-worn cameras and 80 in-car cameras.
Those cameras will be funded by $1.4 million in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 signed into law by President Biden.
Congressman Don Davis said Tuesday he would oppose efforts to oust Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson if the Louisiana Republican allows the House to vote on a $95.3 billion supplemental foreign aid package.
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — Elizabeth City is getting a major federal grant to pay for new technology to combat violent crime.
The money will be used for gunshot detection sensors and new equipment to process evidence from crime scenes and mobile phones.
The grant is worth $440,000 and leaders said it will free up money that can be spent elsewhere, including to boost police pay.
“This is just a game-changer for us. Everything this grant gives us is just a force multiplier,” said Police Chief Phil Webster.
In an election year, voters are likely to hear candidates laud even their own most contentious policy agendas as legislative victories. A fact check is in order, however, for the healthcare provisions in the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act.
U.S. Rep. Don Davis presented the Spaulding Family Resource Center with a $1 million federal grant award on Monday.
“The Spaulding Family Resource Center is an opportunity to help grow the community, to provide resources for families for a better life and to preserve a rich legacy that is propelling us for the next generation in this community,” Davis said. “And we’re watching these federal investments being made right here.”
Davis spokesperson Kimberly Mack said the congressman’s office received more than 100 proposals for community funding.