McCrory Asks Lawmakers to Move $500,000 From NC Emergency Disaster Fund to His Office to Defend HB2 [View all]

Governor Pat McCrory has requested lawmakers move $500,000 from North Carolina's Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Fund to the governor's office to be used to defend HB2, his sweeping anti-LGBT law that constitutional experts, federal courts, and the federal government have indicated is illegal and unconstitutional.

"The governor asked for it," Senate Budget Chairman Harry Brown said, WRAL reported, adding that Brown said lawmakers do not know how much defending HB2 will cost the state.

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McCrory is suing the federal government over HB2 and the feds are suing him back.

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