Congressman G-K Butterfield has introduced an amendment to the Democrats’ sweeping elections reform bill – For the People Act – which would increase access to early voting sites in rural communities. 

A bipartisan group of more than a dozen U.S. House members paid tribute on Tuesday night to Congressman Walter Jones, who represented Eastern North Carolina’s 3rd congressional district for almost a quarter of a century before he died last month.

Alzheimer’s disease is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder affecting around 170,000 seniors in North Carolina and more than 5 million people in the U.S.  According to the Alzheimer’s Association, the number of people with the disease will more than triple by the year 2050.

3rd Congressional District candidates are filing with the State Board of Elections this week. Several candidates have officially thrown their hats into the ring to fill the seat left vacant after Republican Congressman Walter Jones died last month. P-R-E’s Valerie Crowder has more on the legacy of the congressman whose empty seat they’re vying to fill.  

Special elections to fill the 3rd Congressional District seat left vacant after Congressman Walter Jones Jr. died earlier this month are set to begin this spring.