{"id":40990,"date":"2025-09-16T13:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T17:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/its-not-enough-nc-gov-stein-demands-13-5b-more-for-hurricane-helen-recovery\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T13:00:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T17:00:54","slug":"its-not-enough-nc-gov-stein-demands-13-5b-more-for-hurricane-helen-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/its-not-enough-nc-gov-stein-demands-13-5b-more-for-hurricane-helen-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s Not Enough\u201d: NC Gov. Stein Demands $13.5B More for Hurricane Helen Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/exvNZmev-k4?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>North Carolina Governor Josh Stein is urging Congress to approve an additional $13.5 billion in federal aid to help communities still struggling after Hurricane Helene, nearly nine months later. Speaking alongside local officials and Senator Kevin Corbin, Stein emphasized the state&#8217;s current funding \u2014 covering only 9% of the $60 billion in total damages \u2014 is far from enough.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Stein outlined four priorities for the funding: rebuilding 74,000+ damaged homes, helping small businesses, restoring local government infrastructure, and repairing over 5,000 miles of roads, including stretches of I-40. Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer also highlighted the ongoing impact on businesses along rivers like the French Broad and Swannanoa.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Stein will travel to Washington, D.C., to press for action and bring total federal aid closer to 47% of the storm\u2019s damage cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Carolina Governor Josh Stein is urging Congress to approve an additional $13.5 billion in federal aid to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40991,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}