House leaders are going to have another stab at passing a bill that would greatly restrict the ability of Chinese state-owned businesses and other foreign adversaries to buy land in North Carolina. Filed Monday, House Bill 133’s lead sponsors include Rep. John Bell, R-Wayne, who’s chairman of the House Rules committee and whose district adjoins […]
Rep. John Bell, R-Wayne, is defending the GOP’s approach to hurricane relief and small business as the House’s Helene recovery bill moves closer to passage. Since October, the leading point of dispute between Republicans and Democrats about disaster-relief strategy has been whether the state should provide grants to businesses that need money to get them […]
State House leaders have come up with an initial plan for spending the additional $500 million they want to allot to Hurricane Helene recovery efforts. The updated version of House Bill 47 would allot: $150 million to jumpstart housing reconstruction. $150 million to help farmers remove debris, stabilize stream banks and restore their fields. $100 […]
House members are preparing what would become the fourth hurricane-relief bill legislators have considered since Hurricane Helene laid waste to western North Carolina last Sept. 27. House Bill 47 would move another $500 million into the state’s Hurricane Helene Disaster Recovery Fund, the account legislators use to stockpile aid money before they appropriating it for […]
