RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper is winding down his final weeks in office. After serving eight years, the Democrat did not run in the 2024 election due to term limits.

Cooper said North Carolina Republicans "took money out of western North Carolina" when they passed a Hurricane Helene relief bill last month. Legislators stripped the governor’s power to enhance ...

Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences ... “We have long known that the death penalty in North Carolina is racially biased, unjust, and immoral, and the Governor’s actions today pave the ...

Calling it the "biggest sham ever" on North Carolina taxpayers, Republican state Rep. Brendan Jones said pace of recovery ...

Roy Cooper of North Carolina commuted the death sentences ... There are still 121 people on death row in the state. According to the governor’s office, Cooper reviewed the petitions, sought ...

North Carolina’s highest court has upheld a law that gave adult victims of child sexual abuse two additional years to seek ...

Robertson) Stein and several Council of State members — the lieutenant governor ... Roy Cooper, gave a brief speech at his Jan. 1 swearing-in. Saturday’s address, being streamed by North ...

There are still some unresolved races from the 2024 election, and one of them involves a seat on North Carolina’s highest ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — North ... care medication in North Carolina. Stein's action builds off a previous executive order from former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper in 2022 shortly after the U.S ...

Democratic North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein issued an executive order Thursday that he believes will further protect reproductive health care access across the state. The order directs Cabinet agencies ...