Anatomy of COVID Relief State Legislation

Where: North Carolina

How did North Carolina appropriate COVID relief?

  • $125 million to expand a low-cost small-business loan fund
  • $85 million for five universities for COVID-19 research and treatment
  • $95 million to help rural and teaching hospitals
  • $50 million to purchase personal protective equipment
  • $35 million to purchase computers for students and staff in K-12 public schools
  • $75 million to sustain school nutrition programs
  • $44 million for online summer school for the University of North Carolina system
  • $150 million to local governments
  • $25 million to expand virus testing and tracing

WXII | North Carolina legislature unanimously passes $1.6 billion COVID-19 recovery package