RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper contends ballot language approved by Republican lawmakers describing two proposed constitutional amendments are so false and misleading the courts must prevent voting on them. Cooper’s office announced Aug. 4 he would sue in ...

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RALEIGH (AP) The Republican-controlled General Assembly is planning rare weekend floor sessions to handle two vetoes by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. House Speaker Tim Moore said July 30 he expected the House and Senate to return for veto-override debates and votes ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina lawmakers are making it harder for neighbors of agribusinesses to file complaints about smells and other nuisances. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed the wide-ranging farm bill, which contains language sought by pork producers after ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Two election-related bills became North Carolina law June 20, despite Gov. Roy Cooper’s formal objections, as lawmakers completed overriding his vetoes. The House voted by nearly identical party-line margins to override Cooper’s vetoes and enact the Republican-authored bills, ...

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RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina Senate Republicans began carrying out overrides June 19 on a pair of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes of election-related legislation. Cooper had complained that the bills meddle in elections and continue GOP efforts to reshape the courts. ...

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RALEIGH (AP) Republican legislators are moving to try to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes, this time on legislation limiting candidates for new parties and redrawing judicial districts in North Carolina’s two largest counties. The state Senate scheduled votes June 19 ...

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RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina General Assembly Republicans completed the override June 12 of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of their state budget legislation for the second year in a row. The House secured the override with a nearly party-line 73-44 vote ...

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