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NC universities receive over $17 million in sports betting tax revenue
UNC universities benefit from sports betting tax revenue.
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Waste Watch: $200 Billion in COVID relief fraud
Billions in Covid relief funds potentially distributed fraudulently.
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NC Governor-elect Stein announces first picks for his cabinet
On Monday, Governor-elect Josh Stein announced seven choices for his Cabinet secretaries when he takes office next month.
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Budd introduces bill to expedite disaster relief for Western North Carolina
One bill would require the president to direct FEMA to remove debris from real estate owned by homeowners’ associations and condominiums. It is the latest in a line of actions the NC congressional delegation is taking to push the fed to provide relief in western North Carolina.
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NC state leaders meet with Tillis and Budd on Capitol Hill to push for Helene federal aid
Leaders of the North Carolina General Assembly traveled to Washington, DC, on Tuesday to meet with Sens. Thom Tillis and Ted Budd amid ongoing calls for Congress to provide immediate assistance to North Carolinians affected by Hurricane Helene’s devastation.
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Tillis, Budd join push for vote on federal disaster aid
On Tuesday, Sens. Thom Tillis and Ted Budd, Republicans representing North Carolina, joined several other senators in sending a letter to Senate leadership pushing for a vote on a federal disaster aid package this week. The senators want a quick response to the Biden administration’s supplemental funding request. “The Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) request...
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Cooper leads DC delegation pushing for federal hurricane relief
Gov. Roy Cooper led a delegation of state and local leaders to Washington, D.C. this week, requesting $25.57 billion in federal aid for Helene recovery support. Cooper met with President Biden and North Carolina federal legislators Sens. Thom Tillis and Ted Budd and Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-D11.
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Tillis calls to expedite Helene relief in Senate committee testimony
US Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, testified before the US Senate Committee on Appropriations Wednesday He said that the media may have moved on in their news cycle but things are far from getting back to normal.
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FEMA administrator testifies before Congress about Helene and Milton response
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell was grilled at a congressional Transportation & Infrastructure subcommittee hearing Tuesday about claims that the government agency isn’t doing enough to help hurricane victims.
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Budd, Tillis & Edwards lead bipartisan group requesting more funding for hurricane victims
Republican North Carolina US Sens. Ted Budd, Thom Tillis, and Congressman Chuck Edwards, NC-11, are leading a bipartisan group of members of the Senate and House in sending a letter to President Joe Biden requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), “immediately send a supplemental appropriation request to Congress to support the communities we represent, which were devastated after Hurricanes Helene and Milton.”
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Tillis’ legislation to fund SBA disaster relief is blocked by Paul
US Sen. Rand Paul, R-KY, blocked a unanimous consent vote in the Senate Thursday on legislation that US Sen. Thom Tillis introduced last month that would refill the now depleted Small Business Administration’s disaster relief loan program, which ran out of money on Oct. 15.
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Foxx bills designed to trim government regulations in disaster response
Foxx is expected to introduce “The Disaster Recovery and Resilience Act” and “The Helene Recovery Act” this week. Both bills would amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Stafford Act).
