RALEIGH. N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina General Assembly has ended Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s appointment powers on the trustee board for the community college where Senate leader Phil Berger lives. The Senate voted on Tuesday give Cooper’s four appointments ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a measure Monday that would have limited the powers of the person in his former position — attorney general — to enter into future legal settlements. The legislation was passed ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — Broadband, K-12 and higher education, local infrastructure and targeted businesses would be among the greatest beneficiaries in Gov. Roy Cooper’s proposals unveiled Wednesday on how to spend $5.7 billion in federal COVID-19 aid recently approved by Congress. ...

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RALEIGH (AP) — Public inauguration festivities for North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and other statewide elected officials will again be subdued. In January 2017, after Cooper was first elected, approaching snow and sleet forced the cancellations of a public swearing-in ...

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By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order Wednesday preventing landlords from evicting tenants who are unable to pay their rent. The order, which aims to clarify an existing ...

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Another legal fight between Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican legsialtive leaders over the division of government powers is heading to the North Carolina Supreme Court. The justices formally agreed on Friday to hear Cooper’s appeal of a Court of ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday quickly resumed his bid in a local court to halt referendums on two new constitutional amendments the legislature rewrote in time for fall ballots. Attorneys for the Democratic governor filed altered ...

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RALEIGH (AP) A legal challenge of a special session called by Republicans at the North Carolina General Assembly to pass laws that eroded Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s powers just before he took office is going to trial. A panel of ...

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Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed Duane Hall, a Democratic state representative from Wake County, as the new chairperson of the North Carolina Courts Commission. The appointment, made Oct. 18, is effective immediately. Hall, an attorney in Raleigh who mainly practices ...

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