Rep. Brenden Jones, R-Columbus, said that Gov. Josh Stein has pledged the funds will be sufficient to complete all remaining recovery projects in eastern North Carolina.
State legislators were left even more confused on Thursday after hearing from the top executive in charge of disaster recovery—not from Hurricane Helene but from two hurricanes roughly seven years ago.
North Carolina State Auditor Jessica Holmes’ office has released an audit that found the state’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) didn’t design or implement procedures to ensure that Hurricane Florence Disaster Recovery Funds were spent in accordance with the same-named legislation or that they achieved the intended results.
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