North Carolina House Minority Leader, and District 54 Representative, Robert Reives speaks with 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell on Wednesday, August 9. Reives shares his thoughts on Republican leaders’ comments about the state budget likely not having a vote until September, lengthening the time North Carolina will operate off an old budget. Plus, Reives discusses a pair of recent projects in his district: the groundbreaking of VinFast’s manufacturing plant in Moncure and Pittsboro’s approval of a utility merger with the City of Sanford. He details why he believes each of these projects can set a national example for economic development and infrastructure prepared for population growth, respectively.

 

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