Stein requests additional $891 million in Helene funding from NC legislature
Gov. Josh Stein requested an additional $891 million for Helene recovery at a press conference at Carolina Domes in Rutherford County, which was hit hard by the hurricane.
More than $36.7 billion was spent on tourism in NC in 2024, a record, and up from $35.6 billion in 2023, according to a press release issued by Gov. Josh Stein this week, which is also being recognized as National Travel and Tourism Week.
The Small Business Infrastructure Grant Program will provide grants of up to $1 million to local government to support infrastructure projects with a goal of supporting small businesses.
Thursday night is the deadline to comment on North Carolina’s proposed Action Plan for the $1.4 billion Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grant for western North Carolina.
Local communities, legislators, and businesses are having a hard time understanding why Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget office pulled the plug on $32 million in grants for rural broadband projects that had attracted 70 applicants. Although some have raised concerns Cooper is redirecting the money to a pet project, the issue seems as likely to be...