Source: Travis Fain, WRAL, 8/29/18

 The General Assembly created a pair of subcommittees Wednesday to take deep dives on a pair of problem areas for Gov. Roy Cooper's administration: The slow recovery from Hurricane Matthew and a fund his administration negotiated over the Atlantic Coast Pipeline natural gas project. Republican legislative leaders created the new committees during a hearing on the two issues and said the subcommittees will have subpoena powers and can enlist investigators if needed.

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