By a roughly two-to-one margin, North Carolina voters on March 15 approved a $2-billion bond package that will fund improvements to public buildings and civil infrastructure systems across the state. Gov. Pat McCrory (R), who championed the Connect NC measure, praised voters for its resounding passage.
“North Carolina has sent a message to the nation that people can come together and work to pass a bond package that will benefit future generations,” McCrory said in a statement. Likely swaying voters’ approval was state officials’ promises that no new taxes or tax increases would be needed to fund the program.