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Henderson County (May 13, 2021) - RALEIGH A bill advancing decades of work to reform the state’s liquor regulations passed in the N.C. House and heads now to the Senate.
Chelsea Walsh vows to bring more community involvement, more young people and a more robust social media presence to the Henderson County Republican Party.
“I’m excited to bring in more voters, younger voters, excited for communications, outreach, excited to get out the vote, make sure we elect conservative candidates,” Walsh said in a Facebook video after she was elected chair on March 27. “It’s a great opportunity and I’m ready to go to work.”
An insurance agent and graduate of Appalachian State University, Walsh says her involvement with 25-year-old Madison Cawthorn’s successful campaign for Congress
“It honestly really inspired me,” she told the Republican Men’s Club on Jan. 27. “He really brought in the grassroots movement. He brought in a new generation of people, what I saw was children who wanted to come to his events because they had met other young people. We can bring in a diversified group of people without wavering on our platform, without wav
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Republican legislation ordering North Carolina s sheriffs to note the immigration status of jail inmates and assist federal agents who want to detain them received state Senate approval on Thursday.
The legislation passed along partisan lines after a divisive debate that touched on race and ethnicity. The bill generally echoes a 2019 measure that Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper successfully vetoed. Now, as then, the GOP s House and Senate majorities aren t veto-proof. Immigration enforcement bills are popular with the Republicans voter base.
The bills were prompted by GOP lawmakers angered by the refusal of first-term Democratic sheriffs in several urban counties to work closely with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to identity and hold defendants believed to be in the country illegally. The sheriffs decisions, according to Republicans, have led to violent criminals being freed and causing more harm.