Column: City Council trip to Washington comes with $30,000 price tag

City Council members say their attendance at the annual Congressional City Conference was a worthwhile effort. The cost for the city officials to attend the conference, according to a city spokesman, was $21,974. Registration fees came in at $5,200; hotel accommodations, at $12,041; and travel, at $4,733.

Column: First lady Jill Biden inspires youth council members in Washington

Ramie Mack still is reliving and relishing what was her third trip to the nation’s capital as a member of the Fayetteville-Cumberland Youth Council. She is home now, along with Olivia Cody, 18, who is a senior at Northwood Temple Academy,  and six other Youth Council members who took part in the Congressional City Conference…

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