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From Staff Reports CHARLOTTE – Centralina Regional Council announced the recipients of the Region of Excellence Awards in a virtual ceremony Wednesday. Presented annually, these awards recognize individuals, communities and organizations for their outstanding achievements in support of Centralina’s mission to expand opportunity and improve quality of life in the nine-county, Centralina region which includes Anson, Cabarrus, Gaston, Lincoln, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly and Union counties. “Local governments nominated an innovative project, program, plan or in...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Spring of 2021 is off to a busy start in Washington, D.C.  The Biden-Harris Administration continues working towards union-friendly outcomes and withdrawing and revising Trump-era regulations.  On March 22, 2021, in a 68-29 vote, the United States Senate confirmed President Biden’s nominee, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, as the new secretary for the Department of Labor.  Following the vote, Walsh stated: “I share [the Biden-Harris Administration’s] commitment to building an economy that works for every single American.  I spent...

In the United States government, the Cabinet is the president’s advisory body that includes the Vice President and the heads of all 15 executive departments. These heads take the title of Secretary, except for the head of the Justice Department, who assumes the title of Attorney General. The Cabinet also includes the White House Chief of Staff and the heads of other government agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, and others.