NC General Assembly discusses Helene relief funds at committee meeting
The North Carolina Legislative General Assembly held another committee hearing Monday afternoon as Governor Roy Cooper's ...
Hurricane Helene isn’t the only big storm North Carolina is still recovering from
North Carolina Republicans are voicing frustration over how the state is still struggling to recover from two hurricanes that ravaged the region long before Hurricane Helene hit in September.
Hurricane recovery director accepts responsibility, will not resign
Sparks flew at a Monday afternoon meeting of the Hurricane Response and Recovery Subcommittee as committee members called for ...
North Carolina offers schools $1 million to help take students on field trips
A yet-determined amount of the $1 million also will be set aside for western North Carolina schools affected by Hurricane ...
Private school voucher bill could soon become law. Which NC families will it help?
Under House Bill 10, families on the wait list who were enrolled in a private school on Oct. 1 will be eligible to get a ...
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Governor urges legislators not to override his veto of school vouchers and ICE bill
It’s likely the Republican supermajorities in both chambers will override the veto of House Bill 10, as they have seven of ...
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NC lawmakers announce new Helene relief package as Cooper hammers legislative priorities
Republican legislative leaders are coming back to Raleigh to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of a bill to increase spending on private school tuition vouchers by hundreds of millions of ...
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Gov. Cooper urges General Assembly to prioritize funding for Western North Carolina recovery
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper is urging Republican legislators to provide more funding for Western North Carolina recovery ...
North Carolina Democrats find electoral success further down the ballot and hope to build on it
Democrats fell short again in wresting away swing-state prize North Carolina from Republicans in the presidential election.
Op-Ed: How Helene gave way to 'hurricane snafu' in the Carolinas
It wasn’t as if the Tar Heel state didn’t see Hurricane Helene coming. On Sept. 25, one day before Helene stormed ashore, ...
Winterville pastor among people pardoned by Gov. Roy Cooper
An Eastern N.C. pastor has been pardoned by Governor Roy Cooper. Now, Darron Carmon is speaking about his story after hearing ...
In Helene’s aftermath, private school voucher expansion 'frankly disgusting:' WNC lawmaker
State lawmakers may override Gov. Cooper's veto of H.B. 10, a bill that would allocate $463 million more to the state's ...