North Carolina lawmakers are considering a $450 million spending package for Hurricane Helene recovery that would push ...

State lawmakers introduced a fifth round of funding for Helene-affected areas dedicated to supporting ongoing efforts in ...

Mary Helen Moore is a reporter with the NC Newsroom, a journalism collaboration expanding state government news coverage for ...

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein urged state lawmakers Monday to allocate hundreds of millions more dollars toward western ...

Including this new piece of legislation, the North Carolina House has allocated over $1.8 billion in relief. Hurricane Helene devastated the western part of the state when it made landfall back in ...

The North Carolina state ... the House wants to have Helene funding in a bill separate from the budget, unlike the Senate.

North Carolina’s first-year teachers could have the highest salaries in the Southeast, if the state House’s budget plan ...

“It was astounding that nothing was included in the first relief bill ... damage from the North Toe River during Tropical Storm Helene in late September. Colby Rabon / Carolina Public ...

State lawmakers continued to pass ... North Carolina were devastated by Hurricane Helene, which struck in late September and caused more than $60 billion in damages. The Senate passed Senate Bill ...

“Western North ... billion for Helene recovery, with more funding expected to pass later this year. In December, federal lawmakers passed a $100 billion disaster spending bill that’s estimated to ...

Only one, a Hurricane Helene relief package ... to the other times in the House bill. The House voted 69-43 to pass House Bill 415, which would allow North Carolina high school students to ...

“Western North Carolina ... for Helene recovery, with more funding expected to pass later this year. In December, federal lawmakers passed a $100 billion disaster spending bill that’s ...