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A felon convicted in North Carolina for scamming the federal government out of $143,000 in COVID-19 relief will get a new prison sentence.
Published: Tuesday, July 18th, 2023 @ 5:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As federal funding to schools for covid relief is entering its last phase, a lot of people are beginning to ask the question: What difference has $172 billion made for students and our schools?
Published: Monday, April 17th, 2023 @ 11:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina House K-12 Education Committee passed a bill Jan. 31 that directs federal COVID-19 relief dollars to fund a new software program for remedying learning loss.
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2023 @ 6:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) today questioned witnesses from the United States Secret Service, the Justice Department and the Government Accountability Office on improper government spending of federal COVID-19 relief money.
Published: Tuesday, February 7th, 2023 @ 9:01 am
By: ENC NOW
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Remember these numbers. $442 million and $306.7 million. Those figures represent how much money Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) has received in federal covid relief funds and how much money the district has actually spent.
Published: Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 @ 12:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Six billion dollars — remember that number. The North Carolina Pandemic Recovery Office says that’s how much money our state has received for K-12 Covid-19 relief via the Elementary and Secondary Emergency Relief Act (ESSER).
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2022 @ 5:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Since 2020, North Carolina has received -almost $6.1 billion in federal covid relief funds.
Published: Tuesday, April 5th, 2022 @ 7:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Currently, North Carolina public schools are sitting on over $4 billion in federal coronavirus relief funding. And the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) wants school boards to begin spending it.
Published: Tuesday, March 15th, 2022 @ 9:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tucked into the new state budget are billions of dollars from Washington for Covid relief. The American Rescue Plan Act, for example, sent $5.4 billion to the state.
Published: Thursday, January 13th, 2022 @ 1:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Public school districts in North Carolina have received about $5.3 billion in COVID-related relief from the federal government.
Published: Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 @ 4:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The General Assembly may allocate hundreds of millions in federal relief toward closing the digital divide this session
Published: Thursday, July 29th, 2021 @ 6:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A legislative bill that would allocate $750 million in federal relief money toward broadband growth has passed the House Appropriations Committee.
Published: Monday, May 31st, 2021 @ 8:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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More than half (55 percent) of parents believe the $190 billion in federal covid-relief funding allocated to U.S. K-12 schools is an appropriate amount
Published: Monday, May 24th, 2021 @ 4:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. House Republicans have filed an ambitious bill that will allocate three quarters of a billion federal dollars toward broadband.
Published: Thursday, May 20th, 2021 @ 10:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In case you’re wondering what’s happened with all the money appropriated to public schools through the federal ‘relief’ bills, you’re not alone.
Published: Monday, April 5th, 2021 @ 9:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The federal government sent nearly $4 billion in COVID relief money to North Carolina, but a sizable chunk of it was returned, unwanted, a new report from the state auditor’s office finds.
Published: Monday, April 5th, 2021 @ 4:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper today outlined a plan for allocating federal COVID-19 relief funds for immediate needs and investing state resources to help North Carolina communities build back as the state turns the corner on the pandemic.
Published: Saturday, February 6th, 2021 @ 8:48 am
By: Governor's Office
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Nicholas Ballasy reports at JustTheNews.com that some Democratic U.S. senators want the latest federal COVID-19 relief package to include a new nationwide restriction.
Published: Monday, December 7th, 2020 @ 3:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday State Auditor, Beth Wood, released results of an audit highly critical of how the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) allocated $180 million in federal Coronavirus Relief Funds.
Published: Friday, December 4th, 2020 @ 6:10 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is providing $35 million in operational grants from federal Coronavirus Relief Funds to help child care programs providing in-person child care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Thursday, October 8th, 2020 @ 3:41 am
By: Governor's Office
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Contained within the FY 2020-21 spending plan released by Gov. Cooper this week is a section outlining how he’d like the state to spend nearly $1 billion of unspent federal Coronavirus Relief Funds.
Published: Saturday, September 5th, 2020 @ 1:59 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Robert VerBruggen of National Review Online highlights the latest haggling on Capitol Hill over COVID-19.
Published: Wednesday, August 5th, 2020 @ 10:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Cooper announced this week that the new NC Pandemic Recovery office, a temporary office that coordinates and oversees federal and state funds for COVID-19 recovery legislation, has issued payments to 59 counties from the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF).
Published: Friday, May 29th, 2020 @ 7:57 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that $85.4 million in federal funds provided for COVID-19 relief to counties will be disbursed this week.
Published: Wednesday, May 27th, 2020 @ 8:51 am
By: Governor's Office
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Susan Ferrechio of the Washington Examiner reports on Senate Democrats’ priorities for another round of federal coronavirus relief.
Published: Tuesday, May 12th, 2020 @ 6:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The John Locke Foundation is leading a national effort to highlight a critical flaw in the $2 trillion federal relief package tied to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2020 @ 11:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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People across North Carolina and the US began receiving deposits from the federal government this week as part of the federal coronavirus relief package, known as the CARES Act.
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2020 @ 7:16 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Shake Shack is returning a $10 million federal loan to be distributed to other struggling businesses after the fast food chain secured additional funds.
Published: Tuesday, April 21st, 2020 @ 7:15 am
By: Daily Wire
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The John Locke Foundation is leading a national effort to highlight a critical flaw in the $2 trillion federal relief package tied to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Saturday, April 18th, 2020 @ 9:09 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On January 31, 2020, President Donald J. Trump made additional disaster assistance available to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) by authorizing an increase in the level of Federal funding for relief and recovery assistance as a result of Super Typhoon Yutu.
Published: Monday, February 10th, 2020 @ 10:13 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina may soon see $168 million in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery, after more than a year-long delay.
Published: Thursday, August 8th, 2019 @ 9:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper shared the following statement on stalled federal disaster relief funding legislation:
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2019 @ 11:31 am
By: Governor's Office
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In the wake of devastating natural disasters across the United States, Governor Roy Cooper and bipartisan governors from nine additional states urged President Donald Trump and Congressional leaders to finalize federal disaster relief.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 3:47 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and a group of his colleagues introduced a bipartisan disaster relief package with the backing of President Trump, which would provide additional federal relief for North Carolina as it recovers from Hurricane Florence.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2019 @ 3:31 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper today applauded news that Congress passed legislation that includes critical funding for Hurricane Florence recovery
Published: Thursday, October 4th, 2018 @ 9:05 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper sent a letter to President Donald Trump requesting a major federal disaster declaration for 13 Western North Carolina counties that were affected by heavy rains, flooding and mudslides in May
Published: Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 @ 2:39 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Pat McCrory's request for federal disaster assistance was approved to help individuals and communities in seven additional counties recover from Hurricane Matthew.
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2016 @ 4:21 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory this evening received a federal disaster declaration to help individuals in Bertie, Johnston, Wayne and Wilson counties recover from the massive flooding caused by Hurricane Matthew
Published: Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 @ 3:04 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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A federal program created under the federal Troubled Asset Relief Program, aka TARP, has allowed more than 11,000 North Carolina homeowners who fell...
Published: Thursday, May 30th, 2013 @ 10:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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