What Anthony Foxx's Cabinet promotion means
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...
Anthony Foxx: 'No such thing as a Democratic or Republican road'
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...
Obama to name Anthony Foxx as Transportation Secretary
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...
Will Obama's proposals stop black gun violence?
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...
theGrio's 100: Anthony Foxx leading in the New South
theGRIO's 100 - Anthony Foxx is the mayor of Charlotte and considered a rising political star not only in the state but nationally...
Waka Flocka to pay over $500,000 for North Carolina shooting
theGRIO REPORT - Atlanta rapper Waka Flocka has been ordered to pay $501,000 for a North Carolina shooting that happened last year...
Cam Newton donates $150K to three Charlotte area schools
theGRIO REPORT - Cam Newton has launched a new initiative to benefit three Charlotte area schools. Through his charitable foundation which bears his name, Newton made a $150,000 donation to the schools in attempt to help boost school spirit and achievement...
Why black voters are fired up
theGRIO REPORT - On the first day of early voting in North Carolina, the lines to cast ballots snaked down the block at the Hal Marshall Annex in uptown Charlotte...
Charlotte man once on death row charged in wife's slaying
(AP) - Once on Florida's death row, Joseph Green Brown was released from jail after an appeals court overturned his rape and murder convictions in 1986. Now Brown is back in jail...
Gallup poll shows post-DNC bounce for Obama
Pundits and viewers overwhelmingly deemed the Democratic National Convention a success, and now President Obama has the poll numbers to prove it...
