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DOT Focuses on Helene; School Board Questions Budget
North Carolina transportation officials say the Department of Transportation fared well in the new state budget, with a major focus on continuing Hurricane Helene recovery and rebuilding efforts in western North Carolina. Meanwhile, the State Board of Education is raising questions about changes to Opportunity Scholarship funding and implementation of the state's new DEI law. Brian Balfour of the John Locke Foundation joins the program to analyze CNBC’s latest rankings, which once again place North Carolina among the nation’s top states for business. Plus, the new state budget…
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