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. Those facts came out during a Wednesday, Aug. 28, news conference at the state Legislative Building. Republican state lawmakers and U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., used...
UPDATED, 4:55 p.m. to include statement from House Speaker Tim Moore. Co-chairmen of the House Select Committee on Disaster Relief panned sluggish hurricane relief efforts by the Cooper administration. They want renewed oversight authority. “The people of eastern and southeastern North Carolina deserve better. They cannot afford any more delays and missteps,” House Majority Leader...
Lawmakers remain frustrated over the slow pace of disaster relief after Hurricane Matthew devastated southeastern parts of the state more than 1 ½ years ago. The House Select Committee on Disaster Relief peppered Emergency Management Director Michael Sprayberry during a Monday, April 30, meeting with questions about why many counties have yet to receive federal...
Nick Burk, assistant director of the N.C. Emergency Management Division’s Resiliency Section, faced a barrage of questions from representatives frustrated over the slow rollout of disaster relief for Hurricane Matthew. The representative of Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration presented at the Monday, April 16, meeting of the House Select Committee on Disaster Relief. Burk updated recovery efforts...
Researchers have found something truly, truly shocking: when governments respond to disasters, they aren’t just guided by demonstrable need. Politics intrudes.
Researchers have found something truly, truly shocking: when governments respond to disasters, they aren’t just guided by demonstrable need. Politics intrudes.
The governor went to Pender County to demand that state lawmakers lay off a reserve fund for Hurricane Floyd relief. He's all wet on this issue, given the state's $1.6 billion deficit.
