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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper gives his 2021 State of the State address on Monday, April 26.
Broadband, K-12 and higher education, local infrastructure and targeted businesses would be among the greatest beneficiaries in Gov. Roy Cooper s proposals unveiled Wednesday on how to spend $5.7 billion in federal COVID-19 aid recently approved by Congress.
“This pandemic has brought us a once-in-a-generation challenge. These funds have brought us a once-in-a-generation opportunity. Let’s use them to make transformational change for our state,” Cooper said at a news conference. ”We re building a bridge from response to recovery.
Cooper proposed to state legislators that $1.2 billion of North Carolina’s share of American Rescue Plan funds go toward fiber installation grants and other broadband projects where internet remains slow. The goal is to raise the percentage of households with high-speed internet from 73% to 80% in 2025, reaching to 100% of families with chil
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File photo of Gov. Roy Cooper delivering a COVID-19 briefing. Cooper proposed spending plans Wed. May 19 for $5.7 billion in virus relief funds from Washington.
Broadband, K-12 and higher education, local infrastructure and targeted businesses would be among the greatest beneficiaries in Gov. Roy Cooper s proposals unveiled Wednesday on how to spend $5.7 billion in federal COVID-19 aid recently approved by Congress.
“This pandemic has brought us a once-in-a-generation challenge. These funds have brought us a once-in-a-generation opportunity. Let’s use them to make transformational change for our state,” Cooper said at a news conference. ”We re building a bridge from response to recovery.
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Teâore Terry comes to his mother in dreams.
Three months after he was fatally shot in Winston-Salem, on Valentineâs Day, Teâore comes to Velma Terry. âHis spirit is strong and I believe it is strong because his murder is not solved,â she said last week. âHeâs comforting his mother, letting me know heâs got me.â
Terry also draws strength from a group she helped start for Black mothers facing challenges, never realizing she would personally face one of the worst of those challenges: losing a child to gun violence. âTheyâve just been giving back what I gave to them, so it was kind of like the roles have reversed,â Terry said.