Governor

Laura Leslie, WRAL — Gov. Roy Cooper announced Friday he has vetoed a bill that would have allowed people to carry weapons in churches that share property with private schools. Current …
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Travis Fain and Laura Leslie, WRAL  — Senate Republicans rejected Gov. Roy Cooper’s pick to head the state Department of Environmental Quality Wednesday after publicly questioning her knowledge on …
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Travis Fain, WRAL – Gov. Roy Cooper issued a reminder Tuesday morning to House and Senate negotiatorsgoing back-and-forth now over the state budget: I’m part of this too. The governor also …
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Matthew Burns, WRAL – Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration didn’t have the processes in place to monitor how state and local agencies spent more than $3 billion in federal coronavirus pandemic …
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Will Doran, News & Observer – Darryl Howard spent nearly 25 years in prison for two murders in Durham that he didn’t commit. Now he will be able to get …
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AP – North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper will give his “State of the State” speech to a joint session of the General Assembly next week. Spokespeople for Cooper and top …
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AP – Gov. Roy Cooper will disclose spending and priorities when he unveils his North Carolina government budget proposal for the next two years. The Democratic governor scheduled a Wednesday …
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AP – House Republicans advanced a measure on Tuesday that requires North Carolina’s governor to obtain formal support from other elected leaders to enforce long-term statewide emergency orders.

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Matthew Burns, WRAL – House Republicans on Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary of Gov. Roy Cooper’s declaration of a statewide emergency over the coronavirus pandemic to introduce legislation that would …
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Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan and T. Keung Hui, News & Observer– As the North Carolina state legislature plans another veto override vote to mandate the state’s K-12 public school districts to …
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