NC Sen. Jeff Tarte and NC Rep. John Bradford, both Cornelius residents, will speak at the Business Today and Cornelius Today Newsmakers Breakfast Jan. 14 at The Peninsula Club.

The Cornelius residents both served in Cornelius town government before heading to Raleigh. While the 2016 short session doesn’t officially get under way until April 26, various committees get to work during the first week of January.

Both Tarte and Bradford have also become active in bi-partisan efforts to cancel the I-77 contract between NCDOT and Cintra, an American subisdiary of Ferrovial, the infrastructure conglomerate based in Spain.

The Newsmakers Breakfasts, complete with breakfast and focused discussion on a timely topic, begin at 7:30 a.m. and conclude at 9 a.m. Doors open at 7:15 a.m. for networking. The cost to attend, $12, includes a full country breakfast. The open forum, where the audience asks questions of people in the news, begins at 8 a.m.

The Presenting Sponsor of the Newsmakers Breakfast is Dixie Dean of Allen Tate in Cornelius. The Breakfast Sponsor is Rives & Associates CPAs.  The Coffee Sponsors are Carolina Trust Bank, Davidson Wealth Management and Donna Moffett Accountants and Consultants. Reservations are required. Call 704-895-1335 with Visa or MasterCard.