Source: Adam Wagner, NEWS & OBSERVER, 10/31/19


Less than 24 hours after the N.C. House approved a disaster relief package that sponsors said represented a pivot to resilience across the state, the Senate approved a pared-down bill that removed any mention of those efforts. Wednesday evening, the House voted 109-0 to send the Storm Recovery Act of 2019 to the Senate, a proposal that included a slew of resilience efforts on top of money providing matching funds for federal relief programs.

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