Colin Campbell, WUNC

The Rebuild N.C. Program was designed to help homeowners who didn't have insurance and didn't qualify for other assistance. But more than six years after the hurricanes ravaged eastern North Carolina, the program has faced repeated delays and red tape.

Incumbent Congressman Don Davis is a former state senator and Air Force veteran from Greene County. His opponent is Republican Laurie Buckhout, a retired Army colonel who lives in Edenton.

Both President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator Thom Tillis said Monday that a new federal funding bill will be needed, although specific dollar amounts and programs aren't yet clear. State Senate leader Phil Berger said work on a disaster relief package is already underway.

It’s part of a wide-ranging alcohol bill that also would allow liquor stores to open on certain holidays like the Fourth of July and Labor Day. But it wouldn’t allow local ABC boards to open their stores on Sundays, which was part of an earlier version of the bill that passed the Senate.

One of the bills would change the state law that allows people to wear masks for public health reasons. Another would change the state's Raise The Age law to put more 16- and 17-year-olds charged with crimes in adult courts. The third vetoed bill the House voted to override would allow more trees to be cut down around billboards.

The House is moving ahead with its own proposal as negotiations with the Senate have faltered. Berger says he's opposed to the House's proposal to spend hundreds of millions of dollars from reserve funds.

The House wants to give state employees an additional 1 percent pay raise. That would be on top of a 3 percent raise already set to take effect next month. And teachers would get an average raise of more than 4 percent, including a $3,000 increase in starting salaries.

That prohibition is already in state law.

The proposal stems from a push from billboard companies, which want more flexibility to cut down trees to make it easier for drivers to see their signs. Similar legislation has been vetoed by Governor Roy Cooper in the past.

A program called the Innovations Waiver provides a range of services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The program helps pay for things like in-home caregivers and service dogs.