North Carolina lawmakers will consider as soon as Monday afternoon a proposal to provide $35 million to boost development plans at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh.

The money would be given to the Centennial Authority, which owns and operates the arena, and used for public infrastructure improvements associated with the planned development of 80 acres around the arena, home to the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes and the NC State men’s basketball team.

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The funding is included in a much larger Senate budget bill unveiled Monday to provide disaster relief funding and fund capital projcets across the state. The North Carolina House and Senate have yet to reach agreement on a comprehensive state budget with sharp differences on tax policy, health care spendi

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