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<br /> <br />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 /> <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 /> <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 />9