Senator Kay Hagan News Archives

A final Department of Defense authorization bill does not include language sought by members of North Carolina's congressional delegation to prevent a Navy outlying landing field in the northeastern part of the state.

Task Force leader Rae Carey praised the passage of hate crimes protections, which her group has been working on since 1981.

Educational leaders meet Butterfield U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield hosted a recent meeting with several representatives of the N.C. Center for the Advancement of Teaching.

Marines exposed for decades to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune are getting encouragement to purse individual disability claims while they wait for Congress to extend Veterans Affairs health care services to everyone affected.

When Jim Hunt first walked onto the N.C. State University campus a half century ago, he planned to study to be a dairy farmer.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Senator Kay Hagan of North Carolina discuss a new report on health insurance reform and health care: a oeAmericans who live in rural communities have a harder time finding the doctor they need and getting the care they deserve and their health suffersa said Sebelius.

Even Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina acknowledges that its timing on two recent mailings was unfortunate.

A senior lawmaker is pushing for a joint Defense Department and Veterans Affairs Department study of breast cancer rates in service members and veterans to determine if there is a link to military service.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina wants its customers to help the company lobby against a public health insurance option to provide the insurance giant with some competition.

The state's history office is taking the last steps on a long road toward writing a 600,000-word essay on North Carolina - at about 400 words a clip.

A final Department of Defense authorization bill does not include language sought by members of North Carolina's congressional delegation to prevent a Navy outlying landing field in the northeastern part of the state.

Some bar owners and managers across the state think they have found an escape clause in the state's new smoking ban.

Physical attacks on people based on their sexual orientation will join the list of federal hate crimes in a major expansion of the civil-rights-era law that Congress approved yesterday and sent to President Obama.

A final defense spending bill likely to be signed by President Obama won't contain provisions blocking a Navy landing field from area counties or requiring host counties to sign off on the airfield.

The city council in North Carolina's largest city is considering a smoking ban for some public sidewalks.

The League of Women Voters and WSOC-TV have resurrected an Oct. 27 event with Democrat Anthony Foxx and Republican John Lassiter.

Nearly a year after losing re-election to the U.S. Senate, former Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., no longer spends her days walking the marble floors of Capitol Hill.

The head of a group that advocates for open adoption records in North Carolina says she fears for the health of children adopted from the Jacksonville area from the 1950s through the 1980s, when Camp Lejeune's drinking water was contaminated.

By and large, the pundit class has it that momentum now favors passage of a national health care program.

16 5:32 pm Tweet This! http://mync.com/site/43304/ CARY, N.C. - US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Energy Secretary Steven Chu stopped in Cary Friday to speak to a national group of 150 CEO's about hurrying the progress on alternative energy production.

The two brothers seriously wounded in a quadruple shooting in Mooresville on Sunday are improving and were upgraded Thursday to serious from critical condition, according to Carolinas Medical Center.

By and large, the pundit class has it that momentum now favors passage of a national health care program.

A health care purchasing and data company is moving its headquarters from California to North Carolina as it increases its work force by 300 jobs.

A coastal North Carolina lighthouse that's been closed for more than a year has received nearly $500,000 in federal funds for repairs.

A man who was raised at Camp Lejeune told lawmakers that he blames contaminated water at the U.S. Marines training base for his breast cancer.

A Kentucky lawmaker has introduced legislation to legalize industrial hemp as a cash crop and a source for alternative fuels.

WASHINGTON A 25-year-old woman seeking health insurance in North Carolina on her own could expect to pay $60 to $300 a month for her coverage.

The debate over what to do about 12 million illegal U.S. immigrants has stalled, and some reform advocates in Charlotte fear that President Obama lacks the congressional support to pass a bill anytime soon.

Lenoir and Greene counties could soon have better broadband Internet access, thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

From a bird's-eye view, it was a pretty good summer at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.

Trucking industry leaders gathered in Las Vegas today voted to support a bill that would ban cell-phone text messaging by motorists and truckers alike.

Dell's decision Wednesday to close its Forsyth County plant left 905 employees, business leaders and a community confounded by a reality that simply did not compute.

" North Carolina Congressmen Bob Etheridge , David Price , and Brad Miller teamed with Senator Kay Hagan today to announce a $3 million grant to North Carolina State University's Mid-Atlantic Joint Excellence in Solar Training Consortia project.

Published: Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 8:04 p.m. Charges have not yet been filed against the driver who caused an accident that killed a local couple, according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol.

The weeks following a national media broadcast about water contamination aboard Camp Lejeune have been filled with a flurry of legislative activity.

Fired up? Ready to go? You might not know it from the way President Barack Obama's grass-roots supporters have been largely drowned out in the raucous debate over his health care plan.

North Carolina's junior senator has added an amendment in a bill to prevent the Navy from dismissing claims regarding water contamination at Camp Lejeune.

Alabama is updating its historical presence in the U.S. Capitol, swapping out a statue of a rather unknown former congressman for a new bronze likeness of Helen Keller.

A North Carolina congressman is introducing a bill to give Department of Veterans Affairs health care to those exposed to contaminated water at the Marines' Camp Lejeune.

RALEIGH, N.C. The e-NC Authority is getting a $2 million lifeline from the federal government.

African-American, Latino and civil rights groups have launched an ad campaign aimed at pressuring moderate Democratic senators to support health care legislation that allows the government to sell insurance in competition with private industry.

Eight states and the District of Columbia don't have laws that specifically bar insurance companies from using domestic violence as a pre-existing condition to deny health coverage, according to a study from the National Women's Law Center.

U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan seems to be keeping her options open when it comes to health care legislation before Congress.

The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina had a little more than $2 million in assets when it formed its government nearly 10 years ago.

I find it amazing that more people believe in UFOs than oppose the public health insurance option.

North Carolina's senators have introduced a bill to provide federal recognition to the state's Lumbee Indian tribe.

By Chris Hayes Two veteran North Carolina lawmakers in recent weeks have announced their decision to not run for re-election in 2010.