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Senators warm to transportation nominee

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:47:13 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's nominee for transportation secretary - Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx - received a friendly reception from senators of both parties Wednesday laced with warnings that the nation needs to make a host of transportation improvements with no clear way to pay for them.

Congress measures Charlotte's Foxx for Cabinet job

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:32:23 -0400

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx has an interview for promotion to a national job.

Obama takes Cabinet secretaries out to play golf

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:19:06 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has taken two Cabinet secretaries out for a round of golf - in the rain.

GOP legislators use power to control local affairs

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:48:32 -0400

ATLANTA - Even with Republicans holding unprecedented political power across the South, Democrats remain mostly in charge of urban centers in otherwise conservative states. Yet increasingly that control is threatened, not at the ballot box, but by Republican-led legislatures reaching into local governing decisions, often over objections.

Charlotte mayor to speak at Livingstone ceremony

Sat, 04 May 2013 07:22:12 -0400

SALISBURY, North Carolina - Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx is giving the commencement address at Livingstone College in Saturday as he ends the week when he was nominated as for transportation secretary.

Congressman, former lobbyist get housing, FCC nods

Wed, 01 May 2013 17:49:48 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama acted Wednesday to fill two top regulatory posts, tapping a veteran Democratic congressman to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency at a pivotal time for the housing market and naming a top campaign fundraiser and former lobbyist to head the Federal Communications Commission.

Obama picks veteran Watt as housing finance head

Wed, 01 May 2013 17:15:33 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - President Barack Obama called on a Capitol Hill veteran seasoned in business, law and civil rights by naming U.S. Rep Mel Watt of North Carolina on Wednesday to head the federal regulatory body that oversees the two national mortgage lending behemoths behind most new mortgages.

Obama taps Foxx - NC mayor - to run Transportation

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:23:31 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Monday tapped rising Democratic politician Anthony Foxx to lead the Department of Transportation, an agency at the center of Washington's fiscal fights.

Obama taps Foxx - NC mayor - to run Transportation

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:28:10 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Monday tapped rising Democratic politician Anthony Foxx to lead the Department of Transportation, an agency at the center of Washington's fiscal fights.

WH: Anthony Foxx in line for transportation post

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:02:20 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate Charlotte, North Carolina, Mayor Anthony Foxx as his new transportation secretary, a White House official said Sunday.

Charlotte OKs plan for Panthers stadium upgrades

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:09:26 -0400

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Charlotte's city council voted unanimously Monday night to approve an agreement to provide $87.5 million for upgrades to the team's 17-year-old stadium in exchange for a commitment to stay in North Carolina's largest city for at least another six years.