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Anthony Foxx

Transportation Secretary nominee, Charlotte, N.C. Mayor Anthony Foxx testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on his nomination. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Anthony Foxx receives warm reception from senators

Joan Lowy, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Foxx told a jammed Senate confirmation hearing that he will look for 'partners' in local and state government to help find creative ways to finance air, rail and highway improvements...
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What Anthony Foxx's Cabinet promotion means

Mary C. Curtis
theGRIO REPORT - When Charlotte mayor Anthony Foxx said that he would not run for the third term he was almost guaranteed to win easily, most folks in town figured something big was in his future...
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President Barack Obama (R) listens as Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx speaks after announcing him as his nominee for Secretary of Transportation at the White House April 29, 2013 in Washington, DC. Foxx is the first Democrat elected as the Mayor of Charlotte in over 22 years and would be replacing outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Anthony Foxx: 'No such thing as a Democratic or Republican road'

Julie Pace, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Monday tapped rising Democratic politician Anthony Foxx to lead the Department of Transportation, an agency at the center of Washington's fiscal fights...
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Obama to name Anthony Foxx as Transportation Secretary

Perry Bacon Jr.
theGRIO REPORT - Charlotte mayor Anthony Foxx will be nominated Monday by President Obama to become the new Secretary of Transportation, according to a White House official...
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Dolores Walker says goodbye to her son Joseph Briggs during a funeral service at New Zion Grove Missionary Baptist Church on June 20, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Will Obama's proposals stop black gun violence?

Mary C. Curtis
theGRIO REPORT - Officials and community leaders here are closely watching the national debate over reducing gun violence. And when asked about the president's proposals, which include a ban on assault weapons, universal background checks and limits on high-capacity magazines, they praise the ideas, but emphasize those are only a partial solution...
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Mayor Anthony Foxx, of Charlotte, N.C., speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative, in New York.  (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

theGrio's 100: Anthony Foxx leading in the New South

theGrio
theGRIO's 100 - Anthony Foxx is the mayor of Charlotte and considered a rising political star not only in the state but nationally...
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Black candidates

Few black politicians on the ballot for major offices in 2012

Mary C. Curtis
theGRiO REPORT - With his place in the pipeline that leads to national office, the only sitting black governor in the country is a standout. But he also stands alone./..
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Mayor Anthony Foxx, of Charlotte, N.C., speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative, in New York.  (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Charlotte mayor in spotlight as DNC begins

Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Anthony Foxx had been mayor for barely a year when he got the news: Charlotte was chosen to host the Democratic National Convention...
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