This comes as NC lawmakers are also weighing what state aid to provide for Helene recovery in Western North Carolina.

Calling it the "biggest sham ever" on North Carolina taxpayers, Republican state Rep. Brendan Jones said pace of recovery ...

North Carolina’s hurricane homebuilding program is asking lawmakers for more than $200 million in new funding — a major new request by an embattled agency seeking to climb out of a massive deficit and ...

One western North Carolina lawmaker said if Hurricane Helene recovery takes as long as Florence and Matthew, that whole part of the state might simply secede.