Stories tagged: "Gov. Roy Cooper"

North Carolina A silver alarm clock illustrates that time is running out for the North Carolina budget to be approved by July 1.
North Carolina Teacher Raises and Wider Access to Health Care on Hold as NC Budget Deadline Looms

If North Carolina legislators can't agree on a budget before July 1, the state will grapple with crucial service gaps for the second year in a row.

Michael McElroy Michael McElroy June 11, 2021 11:54 am EDT
Science Kevin Fisher, of Quincy, Mass., left, receives his second shot of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from RN Katherine Francisco, of Avon, Mass., right, at a mass vaccination clinic, Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Mass. A month after every adult in the U.S. became eligible for the vaccine, a distinct geographic pattern has emerged: The highest vaccination rates are concentrated in the Northeast, while the lowest ones are mostly in the South. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Science A Vaccine Lottery? Gov. Cooper Says He’s Looking Into It.

To boost vaccination rates, North Carolina's governor is researching rewarding vaccinations with a game of chance.

Sarah Ovaska Sarah Ovaska June 2, 2021 5:20 pm EDT
Politics Gov. Roy Cooper speaks in March at a COVID-19 media briefing. (Image via NCDPS)
Politics Teacher Raises, Expanded Medicaid, and School Funding on Gov. Cooper’s Budget Wish List

Gov. Roy Cooper hopes Republicans in the NC General Assembly will back his plans to expand health care coverage and more.

Sarah Ovaska Sarah Ovaska March 24, 2021 5:17 pm EDT
Coronavirus Bartender Alex Wright sanitizes a table before opening Barbès, a popular neighborhood music venue and bar converted to a bottle shop and mostly-outdoor bar during the the coronavirus pandemic in New York in December. (Image via AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Coronavirus Great Work, NC: Cooper Is Lifting A Bunch of COVID-19 Restrictions

More people will be allowed in NC museums, sports venues, restaurants and more with Gov. Roy Cooper’s decision to lift COVID-19 restrictions.

Sarah Ovaska Sarah Ovaska March 23, 2021 4:07 pm EDT
Coronavirus Boxes of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are seen Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 in Pittsboro, N.C. in a refrigerator at Piedmont Health Senior Care, a federally qualified health center. (Image via AP/Gerry Broome)
Coronavirus Vaccine Numbers Are Picking Up In NC. Here’s How to Get Yours.

More than 1 million people are fully vaccinated now in North Carolina, as NC looks to move to Group 4 of eligibility.

Sarah Ovaska Sarah Ovaska March 9, 2021 4:36 pm EST

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President Donald Trump arrives at the USS North Carolina battleship for a speech in September of 2020. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images) Politics Trump Is In North Carolina. Here’s What One of the State’s Top Democrats Has to Say.
US President Joe Biden speaks to the press before boarding Air Force One at Dobbins Air Reserve Base April 29, 2021, in Marietta, Georgia. Friday, April 30 marked 100 days in office for Biden. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) National The Top 10 Things Joe Biden Has Done in His First 100 Days
Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, in January 2021. Berger's office has long opposed Medicaid expansion in North Carolina. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) Commentary I’m a Small-Town NC Doctor. My Patients Shouldn’t Have to Choose Between Rent and Medicine.
A bill in the state legislature would eliminate a sales tax on menstrual products that many say discriminates against women. Economy North Carolina Women are Taxed $8 Million a Year for Tampons. New Legislation Could End That.
Coronavirus Syringes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine sit in a tray in a vaccination room at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File/Treatment by Rebecca Russ)
Coronavirus Answers to Seven Frequently Asked Questions About COVID-19 Vaccine in NC

Here’s what you need to know about where and when vaccinations are happening in NC.

Sarah Ovaska Sarah Ovaska January 12, 2021 5:18 pm EST
Coronavirus Gov. Roy Cooper ordered a mandatory mask rule this week. (Image via NC DPS)
Coronavirus Gov. Roy Cooper on COVID-19 Surge: “We Are in Danger.”

Gov. Roy Cooper moved Monday to close loopholes in the state’s mask mandate and require masks in indoor settings, as well as outdoors when with non-household members.

Jesse James DeConto Jesse James DeConto November 23, 2020 5:33 pm EST