As unemployment numbers surge, N.C. lawmakers are exchanging ideas and working on ways to provide relief to suffering residents.
Published: Friday, March 27th, 2020 @ 12:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republican leaders in the North Carolina General Assembly are promoting the idea of sending North Carolinians a check, as a means to help us weather the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
Published: Wednesday, March 25th, 2020 @ 10:06 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The $34,800,795.75 grant will be used for beach and dune replenishment caused by Hurricane Florence
Published: Monday, December 9th, 2019 @ 11:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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Outside consultants can get a bad rap. Often they deserve it. They might recommend cookie-cutter solutions to problems while failing to account for important, unique local factors.
Published: Monday, November 11th, 2019 @ 9:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Republican Party spokesman Jeff Hauser released the following statement after Governor Cooper vetoed teacher pay raises and additional tax relief
Published: Sunday, November 10th, 2019 @ 9:36 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Back@Home North Carolina, the first statewide disaster rapid rehousing program, has housed over 1,000 people displaced by Hurricane Florence.
Published: Friday, October 25th, 2019 @ 1:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, President Trump approved Governor Cooper’s request for a major disaster declaration for Public Assistance for the following counties impacted by Hurricane Dorian: Brunswick, Carteret, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Hyde, Jones, New Hanover, Pamlico, Pender, Sampson, Tyrrell, and Washington.
Published: Friday, October 4th, 2019 @ 8:14 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Donations to North Carolina’s Disaster Relief Fund following Hurricane Florence have helped thousands of North Carolina families with housing, repairs and other needs in the past year.
Published: Thursday, September 12th, 2019 @ 3:12 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The four bills provide economic relief for small businesses, family farmers, National Guard and Reservists, and veterans in need.
Published: Wednesday, August 28th, 2019 @ 7:05 am
By: Thom Tillis
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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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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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Yesterday, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) co-sponsored the National Guard and Reservist Debt Relief Extension Act of 2019 to reauthorize relief for qualifying members of the National Guard and Reserves experiencing financial hardship.
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2019 @ 3:04 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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As N.C. legislators prepare to consider overriding Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of their 2019-21 budget deal, Republican senators are drawing attention to funding priorities threatened by the veto.
Published: Tuesday, July 9th, 2019 @ 5:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, President Donald J. Trump signed into law H.R. 2157, the "Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act of 2019."
Published: Saturday, June 8th, 2019 @ 12:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, President Trump signed disaster relief legislation into law, which will bring relief to North Carolina’s farmers, communities, and military installations.
Published: Saturday, June 8th, 2019 @ 12:18 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Although it may not appear so, the leaders of both major political parties in North Carolina favor lowering the tax burden of large businesses.
Published: Wednesday, June 5th, 2019 @ 8:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Co-chairmen of the House Select Committee on Disaster Relief panned sluggish hurricane relief efforts by the Cooper administration. They want renewed oversight authority.
Published: Wednesday, June 5th, 2019 @ 3:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper shared the following statement on today’s passage of a disaster relief funding package:
Published: Tuesday, June 4th, 2019 @ 12:03 pm
By: Governor's Office
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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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As warmer weather arrives in North Carolina, the Division of Aging and Adult Services is partnering with the N.C. Area Agencies on Aging and local service providers to distribute fans to eligible recipients through Operation Fan Heat Relief May 1 – Oct. 31.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 11:35 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Yesterday, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Joe Manchin (D-WV), John Cornyn (R-TX), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Kamala Harris (D-CA) introduced the Bipartisan Disaster Recovery Funding Act.
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2019 @ 6:22 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Earlier this week, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) continued to push for disaster relief funding for North Carolina as it recovers from Hurricane Florence.
Published: Wednesday, May 8th, 2019 @ 1:07 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, Senator Tillis and his colleagues David Perdue, Doug Jones, Johnny Isakson and Rick Scott will hold a bipartisan press conference to highlight the critical need for Congress to pass disaster relief for states impacted by recent hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and other natural disasters.
Published: Monday, May 6th, 2019 @ 5:37 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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More families will soon be able to return home while they work to rebuild from Hurricane Florence thanks to an extension of a program to provide partial housing repairs, Governor Roy Cooper announced today.
Published: Thursday, May 2nd, 2019 @ 5:00 am
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina Senators Thom Tillis and Richard Burr expressed disappointment today over Congress’ failure to deliver critical disaster aid to assist North Carolina’s Hurricane Florence recovery efforts.
Published: Sunday, April 21st, 2019 @ 11:32 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Volunteers are continuing to help North Carolinians recover from Hurricane Florence, more than six months after the storm struck the state, damaging homes, schools, businesses, farms and entire communities.
Published: Tuesday, April 16th, 2019 @ 11:29 am
By: Governor's Office
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More financial relief is on the way to North Carolina commercial fishermen hit hard by Hurricane Florence, Governor Roy Cooper announced today.
Published: Monday, April 15th, 2019 @ 1:48 pm
By: Governor's Office
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U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) co-sponsored bipartisan legislation to help family farms reorganize after falling on hard times
Published: Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019 @ 3:53 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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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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Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed new bills into law
Published: Wednesday, December 5th, 2018 @ 11:23 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today, North Carolina's Congressional delegation received Governor Cooper's disaster funding request as it continues its work to secure additional Hurricane Florence recovery funding from congressional appropriators to assist in rebuilding efforts in areas affected by the storm
Published: Wednesday, November 28th, 2018 @ 9:25 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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North Carolina continues to make progress recovering from Hurricane Florence, with more than $895 million in state and federal resources already approved, Governor Roy Cooper said Wednesday
Published: Thursday, November 22nd, 2018 @ 4:00 am
By: Governor's Office
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