Source: Travis Fain, WRAL, 1/14/21

 Gov Roy Cooper re-upped his call for a major state borrowing package for school construction and other infrastructure Thursday, parts of which may find a warmer reception this year than in the past from normally debt-adverse Senate Republicans. Cooper spoke to county commissioners gathered Thursday morning for a virtual meeting of their statewide association. He said the state recently borrowed money for road construction at 1.48 percent interest, feeding his desire for a multibillion-dollar bond package along the lines of one he proposed last summer.

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