North Carolina official overseeing hurricane rebuilding efforts is no longer in role

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The top official for North Carolina’s efforts to rebuild communities after natural disasters is no longer working in the position just a few days after a scathing rebuke of her work from GOP state lawmakers.

Laura Hogshead, who served as the office’s chief operating officer for the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency since 2018, was no longer employed within the state’s Department of Public Safety as of Wednesday, according to Janet Kelly-Scholle, the office’s public information officer.

Her exit from the position comes after tensions flared at a joint legislative oversight committee hearing Monday while the office sought more state money

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