The North Carolina state budget, recently enacted, expanded the powers of the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, a body that has been in existence since 1975.
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 @ 5:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the midpoint of the Atlantic hurricane season approaches, victims of Hurricanes Matthew and Florence are still waiting to return home years later.
Published: Monday, November 6th, 2023 @ 7:59 am
By: Carolina Journal
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It was a case of rinse and repeat for North Carolina lawmakers as they heard much of the same testimony from North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) officials on efforts to help those who lost homes due to Hurricanes Matthew and Florence.
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 @ 8:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Golden LEAF’s Flood Mitigation Program has relaunched its application and is available at goldenleaf.org/mitigation/.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 5:04 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., might be the only white boy from East Wilmington, as he is wont to say, but Ol’ Diamond Joe is much more than that. By his own account, he is the most Polish-Jewish-Black-Puerto Rican-Greek-Irish-Catholic president that we have ever had.
Published: Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 @ 3:31 pm
By: Daily Wire
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NCORR had gotten $778 million in federal dollars to help people hurt by Hurricanes Matthew and Florence, yet some remain homeless.
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2023 @ 5:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Billions of taxpayer dollars are expended on hurricane recovery in North Carolina
Published: Thursday, October 20th, 2022 @ 12:47 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The latest offering from NCHA on CON Reform looks to increase the monopolistic hold hospitals have in North Carolina according to Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham.
Published: Monday, September 26th, 2022 @ 2:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The state got $780 million for 2016's Hurricanes Matthew and Florence, yet some victims remain homeless.
Published: Saturday, September 24th, 2022 @ 10:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Hurricane Recovery in South Carolina far surpasses that in North Carolina.
Published: Friday, September 23rd, 2022 @ 12:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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House Majority Leader John Bell (R-Wayne) has been appointed by Speaker of the House Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) to serve as Co-Chair of the newly formed Subcommittee on Hurricane Response and Recovery under the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations.
Published: Wednesday, July 20th, 2022 @ 8:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Golden LEAF Foundation recently launched a $25 million Flood Mitigation Program funded by an appropriation from the State of North Carolina.
Published: Monday, January 17th, 2022 @ 9:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Nearly a month after COVID-19 vaccines made it to North Carolina, the state has administered only a quarter of the doses it has on hand — one of the slowest roll-outs in the country.
Published: Friday, January 15th, 2021 @ 1:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Despite his over a three-decade career in public office, Governor Roy Cooper utterly failed to administer the Hurricane Matthew recovery process.
Published: Friday, October 16th, 2020 @ 7:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Commitment to statewide resiliency planning grows
Published: Sunday, October 11th, 2020 @ 12:02 pm
By: Governor's Office
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How to Get Your Check
Published: Friday, September 25th, 2020 @ 4:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Rep. Keith Kidwell Supports Historic Relief for North Carolina Families, Schools, and Health SystemsOverwhelming bipartisan support for Coronavirus Relief Act 3.0; sends General Assembly proposals to the Governor
Published: Friday, September 4th, 2020 @ 5:47 pm
By: Keith D Kidwell
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This week Governor Cooper announced that North Carolina will remain paused in Phase 2 Safer at Home for five more weeks.
Published: Friday, August 7th, 2020 @ 6:43 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) has opened the application process for homeowners seeking federal housing funding for Florence repairs, offering additional support for families and businesses still struggling to rebuild.
Published: Wednesday, June 17th, 2020 @ 5:11 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has two new mental health resources to support North Carolinians throughout the COVID-19 crisis.
Published: Thursday, April 9th, 2020 @ 2:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Roy Cooper today visited a Kinston home damaged by Hurricane Matthew that is undergoing reconstruction with federal Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2020 @ 12:45 am
By: Governor's Office
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Mental health is an overlooked aspect of hurricane recovery
Published: Saturday, January 4th, 2020 @ 2:56 am
By: ECU News Services
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With the season of giving at hand and Giving Tuesday 2019 right around the corner, it is a great time for state employees to consider volunteer work with groups that are helping hurricane-impacted areas recover and rebuild.
Published: Thursday, November 28th, 2019 @ 5:06 am
By: Governor's Office
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On Monday, Governor Roy Cooper proclaimed October 6-12 Resiliency Week in front of a home damaged by recent hurricanes that is now undergoing renovation with federal Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding.
Published: Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 @ 12:07 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today Governor Cooper joined DEQ Secretary Michael S. Regan to discuss coastal resiliency and clean energy with coastal mayors and county leaders at the North Carolina Estuarium in Washington, NC.
Published: Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 @ 7:54 pm
By: Governor's Office
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On Monday, Governor Roy Cooper and members of his cabinet visited Ocracoke Island to survey recovery efforts following Hurricane Dorian’s landfall on September 6, 2019.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2019 @ 5:29 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Nearly a year after Hurricane Florence hit, Governor Roy Cooper has updated the state on the progress of the recovery as North Carolinians recover from three deadly storms in three years.
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2019 @ 9:40 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Jones County residents are still feeling the effects of recent hurricanes. At least one of the county’s three towns remains flooded, and two of its six schools were condemned.
Published: Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019 @ 1:37 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Yesterday, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) joined leaders at the N.C. General Assembly to discuss the state administration’s slow pace of federal assistance to the victims of Hurricane Matthew
Published: Friday, August 30th, 2019 @ 4:27 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Governor Roy Cooper shared the following comment after the federal register was published for $168 million in hurricane recovery mitigation funds for North Carolina.
Published: Monday, August 26th, 2019 @ 11:39 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Try as they might, the General Assembly has had a hard time garnering the needed votes from the Democratic caucus to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto.
Published: Saturday, August 24th, 2019 @ 6:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper shared the following comment after the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the upcoming Federal Register for $168 million in hurricane recovery mitigation funds for North Carolina.
Published: Friday, August 9th, 2019 @ 12:51 pm
By: Governor's Office
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