RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican lawmakers this week unveiled their initial attempt this year to provide recovery funding for Hurricane Helene’s historic flooding, proposing new spending that totals less than half of what new Democratic Gov. Josh Stein requested.
A House committee reviewed but did not vote on the $500 million spending proposal, which would include money for some of the programs Stein sought funding for in his request Monday for $1.07 billion in new recovery spending.
Last fall, the state legislature appr