It came from a press release issued on April 4 from the Department of Homeland Security: all approved grants and applications for FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, or BRIC, were cancelled. President Donald Trump’s administration called BRIC “wasteful,” “ineffective,” and “more concerned with political agendas than helping Americans affected by natural disasters.” The program, which was started in 2018 after congressional approval, funded projects meant to mitigate potential hazards and prevent further economic investment in cleanups. BRIC’s cancellation means more than 200 projects in North Carolina are now left without a key funding source – including a major one in Hillsborough. The Town of Hillsborough is now scrambling for ways to move forward with relocating and replacing its River Pump Station, a critical water and sewer infrastructure effort that may be far too expensive for the local government to shoulder before it needs to begin construction....