Galen Bacharier
Reporter at NC Newsline
Reporter @NCNewsline, covering politics, government & the 2024 election in North Carolina. Missouri made.
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2 days ago |
ncnewsline.com | Galen Bacharier
Just a fraction of homes and businesses in western North Carolina were insured against the floodwaters that deluged the region during Hurricane Helene. An estimated 10.2% of commercial properties had FEMA-backed flood insurance, and just 5.2% of homes were protected. The low figures had devastating implications in the face of Helene, a lower-windspeed, heavy-rain storm that hit mountainous communities poorly acquainted with flooding.
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2 days ago |
yahoo.com | Galen Bacharier
Depot Street in Asheville flooded during Hurricane Helene. Among those storefronts damaged was Ashewell Medical Group, Dr. Carly Brown's primary care clinic. (Photo: Courtesy of Carly Brown)Just a fraction of homes and businesses in western North Carolina were insured against the floodwaters that deluged the region during Hurricane Helene. An estimated 10.2% of commercial properties had FEMA-backed flood insurance, and just 5.2% of homes were protected.
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1 week ago |
ncnewsline.com | Galen Bacharier
North Carolina senators gave a Republican-authored budget a final vote of approval Thursday. It now goes to the House, where GOP leaders are expected to craft a largely separate budget and come to a compromise later. The plan outlines $32.6 billion in spending for fiscal year 2025-26 and $33.3 billion for 2026-27.
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1 week ago |
salisburypost.com | Galen Bacharier
Published 12:00 am Thursday, April 17, 2025 By Galen BacharierNC NewslineFEMA has denied North Carolina’s request to continue matching 100 percent of the state’s spending on Hurricane Helene recovery. In a letter to Gov.
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1 week ago |
ncnewsline.com | Galen Bacharier |Lynn Bonner
The North Carolina Senate approved its Republican-crafted $32.6 billion budget on Wednesday, with GOP members hailing it as fiscally responsible and Democrats decrying its lack of investment in key areas. “This budget continues the success that North Carolina has seen in the last decade-and-a-half,” said Sen. Brent Jackson (R-Sampson), a lead budget writer. The legislation would cut hundreds of vacant state government positions, and some filled jobs.
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