CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial nominee Roy Cooper unveiled his economic plan Wednesday, promising that if elected he’ll work to expand Medicaid and broadband access, cut taxes for the middle class, pass a transportation bond and repeal the law ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s chief law enforcement officer and Democratic challenger for governor, Roy Cooper, says the state’s new law excluding police camera recordings from the public record goes too far in withholding information from the public. The ...

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Gov. Pat McCrory faced sharp criticism from state Attorney General Roy Cooper on taxes, education and McCrory’s support of HB2, during a wide-ranging debate hosted by the North Carolina Bar Association in Charlotte last week. Cooper, a Democrat who hopes ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and Democratic challenger Roy Cooper are preparing for their first debate this week, and they’re already throwing jabs about how many more they’ll have before November. McCrory’s campaign said Tuesday the ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The state Republican Party is pressing Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper to say what he thinks about a federal directive to let transgender students use their preferred restroom in public schools. At a news conference Wednesday, ...

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Should the North Carolina State Bar treat a lawyer who lied about completing his continuing legal education requirements differently than an attorney accused of knowingly signing off on a false political ad? Prominent Raleigh lawyer Gene Boyce, a former state ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s new law limiting LGBT protections is a “national embarrassment,” and the state’s lawyers won’t defend it against a federal challenge from gay rights advocates, Attorney General Roy Cooper announced Tuesday. The law Republican Gov. ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A default expectation for North Carolina’s fall elections is that Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper will clash in a bruising gubernatorial race. First, these politicians must win their respective March 15 ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Democratic candidate for North Carolina governor accusing primary rival Attorney General Roy Cooper of failing to debate him has taken that criticism up a notch outside Cooper’s office. Ken Spaulding’s campaign was behind bringing two ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Raleigh lawyer said his lawsuit attacking Attorney General Roy Cooper is the final phase of a controversy dating back to Cooper’s first campaign for the job 15 years ago. The complaint filed last week by ...

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