Nearly $177 million is headed to North Carolina to buy energy-efficient buses, update transportation centers, and prop up rural public transportation systems.
The state’s unemployment system , already has one of the most paltry in the nation, was unprepared to deal with the surge of need at the pandemic's start.
North Carolina has historically been unfriendly toward unions. But it’s where Vice President Kamala Harris came to call for more union jobs as the nation rebuilds from the pandemic.