As your State Senator, I am committed to helping the citizens of the 48th District. This website was designed to keep you informed and to help guide you towards help or assistance in many ways. If you’d like to recognize a special achievement, need help with an agency, need a list of resources, or simply would like to meet with me- this site can help us.

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N.C. House and Senate have both passed provisions in their respective budgets for financial relief for Western North Carolina farmers who experienced crop losses in 2018 from severe flooding.

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Starting Nov. 6, farmers in Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Rutherford and Transylvania counties will be able to sign up for the NCDA&CS Agricultural Disaster Program. The sign-up period will begin Nov. 6 and will end on Nov. 20.

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If the legislation (SB354) becomes law, the 3.9% pay increase will go into effect regardless of whether the legislature overrides Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of the full state budget. The only action that can stop the 3.9% pay raise is Governor Cooper’s veto.

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