Source: Travis Fain, WRAL, 2/4/18

A $57.8 million fund set up through the Governor's Office as part of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project is raising constitutional questions, accusations of quid-pro-quo politics and the prospect of legal wrangling. Such mitigation funds are not unusual for large utility projects expected to disturb wetlands and other vulnerable natural areas. But Republican legislators and an array of voices outside the legislature, including former Gov. Pat McCrory, question the way this one would be set up.

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