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State officials shuttered public schools for the rest of the academic year. But what about private schools? North Carolina is one of 44 states (along with Washington D.C.) that have announced that public school campuses will be closed for the rest of the year, meaning...
New pandemic times poll shows 67% of North Carolinians, and even 46% of Trump voters, supporting the Democratic governor.
"We don't make this decision lightly," said Cooper. The governor expects schools to be ready to return in August. COVID-19 will keep North Carolina schools closed for the remainder of the academic year, Gov. Roy Cooper said Friday, with remote learning to continue for...
Gov. Cooper said NC is not yet ready to lift its restrictions, despite evidence that social distancing has been effective.
When it comes to re-opening NC after coronavirus, voters trust Gov. Roy Cooper more than they do President Trump, a new poll shows. By a lot.
Hours after a few hundred gathered in NC’s capital to protest social distancing, Gov. Cooper promised specifics this week on COVID-19 orders.
President Trump may be suggesting some states could reopen May 1, but North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper wouldn’t commit to such a speedy timetable on Wednesday.
It turns out that all it takes to make states’ rights devotees out of the liberals is Donald Trump.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper says officials “just don’t know” yet if the state will need to extend its stay-at-home order into May to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The governor also said he would issue a new executive order that would make it a misdemeanor for assemblies of more than 50 people.
Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest later said his criticism was about “the rule of law.”
The cost of groceries continues to soar, and gas prices have risen to over $4 per gallon in many parts of North Carolina due President Trump’s decision to go to war against Iran.
At a rally in support of former Gov. Roy Cooper’s US Senate campaign, State Sen. Natalie Murdock said Republican nominee Michael Whatley is downplaying the cost of living crisis.
“While you’re getting hit with rising grocery, health care, and utility costs, Michael Whatley keeps telling us that costs are down,” Murdock said.
In the new Billy Ball Explains NC, here’s why Helene relief—or the lack thereof—could play a BIG part in this year’s Senate race between Michael Whatley and Roy Cooper.
Elected officials in North Carolina, led by Governor Roy Cooper, met with President Joe Biden and members of North Carolina’s congressional delegation last week to advocate for federal support for the state’s recovery from Hurricane Helene.
The state has among the worst rates of medical debt in the country, but new programs introduced by Roy Cooper and Vice President Kamala Harris could bring relief to millions of low- and middle-income North Carolinians.
North Carolinians have some of the most expensive medical debt in the US, and a new program from Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration aims to do something about it.
“Governors like him know what it takes to get the job done, and he will be an outstanding vice president, doubling down on his work to support middle class families, protect reproductive freedom, and safeguard our democracy,” North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said.
An over-the-counter birth control option will now be available for free in North Carolina for anyone who has health insurance through Medicaid, Gov. Roy Cooper announced this week.
On the second anniversary of the fall of Roe v. Wade, Gov. Roy Cooper and others highlight new threats to IVF and birth control.
In 2012, when the General Assembly passed their voter ID law and faced a lawsuit from the Obama administration, then-Attorney General Roy Cooper said the law was “one of the worst election pieces of legislation in the country.” Cooper also urged Governor Pat McCrory to veto the bill.
The law, passed last year by the Republican-controlled legislature, would have stripped Gov. Roy Cooper of appointment power to the state’s elections boards. it also would have likely created election gridlock.
President Biden’s 2021 American Rescue Plan provided a $1.7 billion “signing bonus” to North Carolina to expand Medicaid, which Gov. Roy Cooper described as “a major part of our successful effort to finally get Medicaid expansion.”
Gov. Roy Cooper blasted the proposed maps as “gerrymandering on steroids” by Republicans who “have used race and political party to create districts that are historically discriminatory and unfair.”
Gov. Roy Cooper and several advocacy groups filed separate suits arguing that recent elections bills and other new laws were not just harmful, but unconstitutional.
Republican legislators overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto on a bill that experts say would make it easier for someone with a history of violence or domestic abuse to buy a handgun.
In an op-ed, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper highlights the importance of building up the state’s sustainable electricity infrastructure.
As Moore County reels from the weekend attacks, Gov. Roy Cooper called for a thorough assessment of the state’s critical infrastructure Tuesday morning.
We may be closer to a resolution, but Gov. Roy Cooper offered a blistering criticism of a state Senate legislative voting map he calls “blatantly unfair.”
Ronnie Long, who was featured this week in a Cardinal & Pine series, received word of his pardon Thursday from NC Gov. Roy Cooper.
A racial justice task force reporting to Gov. Roy Cooper recommended North Carolina do away with criminal penalties, citing how Black and Latino residents are disproportionately convicted.
