By Jason Thomas jthomas@scbiznews.com  Gov. Roy Cooper announced four judicial appointments to District Courts across North Carolina.  “These appointees bring years of experience and knowledge to the bench,” Cooper said in a news release. “I am grateful for their dedication ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Republicans are again pressing legislation to force county sheriffs to recognize requests of federal immigration agents who believe a defendant is in the country illegally. But the odds for enactment likely remain the same as ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — The state Senate failed on Monday to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Republican legislation that would have directed North Carolina’s K-12 school districts to offer in-person instruction to all students in about two weeks. The ...

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By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday rejected a bill that would compel the state’s 115 K-12 public school districts to reopen with at least partial in-person instruction, while also ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — Starting his second term, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Saturday called on residents to learn from the state’s recent triumphs and trials and to commit to shared goals for education, health care and racial equality, and ...

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By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper was reelected Tuesday, defeating Republican challenger Lt. Gov. Dan Forest. The mild-mannered governor has often been reluctant to criticize President Donald Trump. He has been ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper didn’t need the consent of other statewide elected leaders to issue COVID-19 orders shuttering businesses, limiting assemblies and mandating face coverings, state attorneys wrote on Wednesday. Responding to a legal ...

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Politics is the only job in the world where, if you get passed over for a job you wanted, it’s considered socially acceptable to log onto Twitter and blast the person who made the hiring decision. (That’s definitely not how ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A panel of judges was asked Aug. 15 to decide whether North Carolina’s Republican-dominated legislature is trying to fool voters by calling for constitutional changes without explaining the effect would be to strip more power from Democratic Gov. ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Legal motions by North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and interest groups to keep constitutional amendments proposed by the Republican-controlled General Assembly off November ballots are back in court. A three-judge panel scheduled arguments Aug. 15 on requests by ...

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