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shift the state' s responsibility for funding <br /> transportation construction and maintenance projects to <br /> counties . Counties cannot afford to assume costs for <br /> maintaining secondary roads and/or funding expansion <br /> projects; <br /> 20) * Broadband/Digital Infrastructure - Support <br /> legislation, funding, and other efforts that provide <br /> counties with flexibility and opportunities to support <br /> options for increasing access to high-speed internet <br /> connectivity and expanding digital <br /> infrastructure/broadband capability to the un-served <br /> and under-served areas of the state. Access to high <br /> speed internet connections will reduce disparities, <br /> enhance quality of life for all the State' s residents, <br /> and broaden opportunities in areas such as education, <br /> jobs creation, small business development, health care, <br /> civic participation, and growth in farm enterprises; <br /> 21) Repeal of House Bill 2 and Expansion of Protected <br /> Classes - Seek statewide legislative action to repeal <br /> House Bill 2 and provide all North Carolina local <br /> governments with the authority to include sexual <br /> orientation and gender identity as protected classes in <br /> order to protect these classes from discrimination and <br /> discriminatory practices; and authorize complaints for <br />