North Carolina is looking to divvy up $3.5B in coronavirus relief money

RALEIGH, N.C. — Talking through webcams - or at least trying to - North Carolina's General Assembly has started screening ways to spend about $3.5 billion that the federal government sent our state for coronavirus relief.

Pages and pages and pages of lawmaker proposals have been submitted so far.The proposal in the Senate is 50-pages, and there are several bills being considered in the House.

Some of the notable suggestions for using the money:

  • $300 million for the Department of Transportation since gas tax collections are down now
  • $125 million to help small businesses
  • $56 million to feed kids
  • $20 million to Wake Forest for its COVID-19 research 

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