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Legislative Updates and My bills
Dear Friends - Last week I shared descriptions of the bills I am going to work hard to pass. This week, I'll share the "messaging" bills I've introduced that have no chance of moving forward. As I said last week, we introduce these because we feel strongly about an issue, it's an important issue for our districts, …
Legislative Updates and My bills
Dear Friends, Sorry for the long absence – things have been flying fast and furious here in the last month. But the bill filing deadline was Tuesday, so things will settle down some as we now begin the heavy lift of moving our bills through the legislative process. Today, I’ll give a brief update on …
Comment on State Action Plan for Helene Funding
Dear Friends, As you likely know, North Carolina was recently awarded $1.4 billion from Congress that will flow through the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. This pot of money is called Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery or CDBG-DR, for short. It can be used for many purposes. You may also remember that the City …