Source: Gary D. Robertson, WRAL, 9/25/19

 North Carolina government budget rules were broken when taxpayer funds paid for Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler and two of his top lieutenants to stay in Raleigh-area hotels during the annual State Fair, a state audit declared on Wednesday. The investigative report, based on a tip to State Auditor Beth Wood's waste and abuse hotline, determined that Troxler, his chief of staff and the fair manager incurred $22,000 in cumulative expenses for hotel rooms, meals and other travel costs while working the fair over several years. Troxler's agency countered that the expenses were justified.

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