Governor Roy Cooper
U.S. Interior Secretary Haaland, Gov. Cooper highlight new investments in NC parks
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland on Tuesday announced more than $16 million in federal grants to build new urban parks and trails and improve existing parks in the Raleigh area. Haaland said the funding will support a range of local projects aimed at enhancing community spaces and environmental quality — particularly for disadvantaged […]
NC Gov. Cooper tells Democratic convention crowd VP Harris will fight to help families
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper had the crowd at the Democratic National Convention shouting their promises to work for Vice President Kamala Harris’s victory in November. He asked for people to fight for Harris like she’d fight for them as president. “I want the American people to know, even if you don’t agree with her […]
Gov. Cooper at DNC: ‘Extreme’ GOP candidates could help Harris win North Carolina
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper thinks down-ballot races will help Vice President Kamala Harris win the Tar Heel State, he said at the Democratic National Convention on Monday. Speaking to POLITICO journalist Ryan Lizza at a Q&A event, Cooper predicted strong voter turnout to prevent “extreme” right wing candidates from winning office. “I think there’s […]
Council charged with improving prisoner reentry in NC unveils its strategic plan
North Carolina released its “Reentry 2030” strategic plan on Wednesday, part of a national initiative calling on state officials to expand access to reentry services that people need when they leave prison. In January, Gov. Roy Cooper issued an executive order aimed at supporting the roughly 18,000 people released from North Carolina prisons each year. […]
Tropical Storm Debby to bring widespread, ‘potentially severe’ flooding to North Carolina
Gov. Roy Cooper and North Carolina officials said Wednesday the state was prepared for widespread and potentially severe flash flooding in the coming days as Tropical Storm Debby sweeps across the east coast. “All North Carolinians across our state need to be prepared for a deluge,” Cooper said in a news conference broadcast to the […]
Federal government approves NC plan for medical debt relief
The federal government has approved the Cooper administration’s plan for medical debt forgiveness, the governor’s office announced Monday. Approval from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, is a step toward achieving the potential erasure of $4 billion in hospital debt for two million people, Gov. Roy Cooper and state Department of Health and […]
Harris campaign riding a wave of enthusiasm among NC Democrats
Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign appears to be driving a surge in enthusiasm among North Carolina Democrats. Along with support from the state’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention, 47 members of the North Carolina House Democratic Caucus endorsed Harris on Tuesday. She’s also received endorsements from all seven Democrats in the state’s congressional delegation: Reps. […]
North Carolina’s Gov. Roy Cooper fielding questions about a spot on the national Democratic ticket
Gov. Roy Cooper’s job firing up crowds for the Democratic presidential ticket this year would appear to be at odds with the subdued demeanor of a longtime North Carolina office holder not given to verbal flourishes. He got audiences going in a call-and-response, with the crowd shouting “No” when Cooper asked if they wanted a […]
Cooper unveils $421M grant for conservation, restoration
Gov. Roy Cooper and the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources announced on Monday a $421 million grant that will be directed toward conservation and restoration projects. Awarded under the Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant program, the funding will seek to strengthen preservation and restoration efforts for more than 200,000 acres […]
At press event, Cooper lauds latest Medicaid numbers, expresses support for Biden’s reelection
Gov. Roy Cooper announced Friday morning that more than a half-million North Carolinians have enrolled in Medicaid since the program was expanded seven months ago in December. This latest milestone was originally projected to take nearly two years to reach. “What’s amazing about this is that our goal was to sign up 600,000 people over […]
Cooper approves bill that preserves, updates automatic expunction law
A debate over a state law that governs the expunction of criminal records was resolved quickly and quietly before state lawmakers left town in late June, allowing automatic expunctions to resume on July 1 for certain “dismissed” or “not guilty” verdicts. On Monday, Gov. Roy Cooper signed a measure (Senate Bill 565) that makes revisions […]
Cooper vetoes bills on building codes and digital currency
Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a pair of bills Friday that would have made a series of changes to building codes and banned payments to the state using central bank digital currencies. Senate Bill 166 would have imposed limits and regulations on how waste water and electrical systems can be installed across the state. It passed […]