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DOT Slush Funds Remain Active
RALEIGH — N.C. Department of Transportation Secretary Lyndo Tippett continues to maintain a slush fund of $5 million for House Speaker Jim Black and Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight in the wake of a controversy that erupted when the practice was exposed in March. A spreadsheet maintained in the office of DOT Chief Engineer W. S. Varnedoe, and obtained Thursday by Carolina Journal, shows that projects submitted by Black and Basnight are still being charged against their respective $5 million accounts.