Source: WUNC, 12/10/20

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican legislative leaders said on Thursday they've found a solution to address the potential loss of $30 million in federal coronavirus relief funds that lawmakers earmarked for rural broadband projects. A state law approved in September had funneled the money to a broadband program. But Cooper's administration and GOP lawmakers disagreed on whether federal guidance required the money be spent by Dec. 30.

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