Source: Will Doran, NEWS & OBSERVER, 4/10/18


North Carolina has cut roughly 80 jobs from the main environmental regulatory agency since 2013, and the agency's budget has been slashed by millions of dollars even while the overall state budget has grown. Gov. Roy Cooper rolled out a plan Tuesday to start undoing some of those cuts, as his office announced nearly $15 million in additional spending on environmental issues that the Democratic governor wants the Republican-controlled state legislature to approve next month.

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