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WBT
February 28, 2018
President Donald Trump again brought up the issue of mental hospitals in a meeting with governors this week, invoking a time when states maintained ... FINANCIAL SERVICES JOBS, from RALEIGH — North Carolina's governor has announced that the financial services firm Ernst & Young LLP is bringingÃÂ ...
Winston-Salem Journal
February 28, 2018
Margaret Spellings, the president of the UNC system, along with members of the University of North Carolina board of governors, toured UNC School of the Arts on ... “You've got to paint a picture for folks, including our new board of governors members, and I know that they're impressed,” Spellings said.
Chapelboro.com
February 28, 2018
A member of the UNC System Board of Governors is looking to make a return to the North Carolina Senate. Bob Rucho filed for election to Senate District 34 on Tuesday. A UNC System spokesperson confirmed that Rucho was still a member of the Board of Governors as of Tuesday afternoon. Rucho askedÃÂ ...
WYFF Greenville
February 28, 2018
“Session Law 2015-269, enacted by our General Assembly April 6, 2015, and signed into law by Governor Pat McCrory, requests the Joint Committee of the Library of Congress to approve North Carolina's request to replace the statue of Governor Charles B. Aycock in Statuary Hall with a statue of theÃÂ ...
WRAL.com
February 28, 2018
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's Cabinet members have received additional raises since getting appointed last year above and beyond the $1,000 increases lawmakers approved for state employees last summer. The state personnel office provided salary data Tuesday showing nine ofÃÂ ...
TheBlaze.com
February 27, 2018
“Finally, I want to tell you that North Carolina is a welcoming state,” Cooper wrote. “Like every family with an embarrassing uncle or two, we have a few politicians who want it to be 1957 instead of 2017. But here in North Carolina, you'll find authentic people who respect others, who love our families, peopleÃÂ ...
News & Observer
February 14, 2018
Gov. Roy Cooper said Wednesday he would not veto a bill that would give North Carolina elementary schools more time to reduce class sizes but includes other legislative changes he opposes. The bill would phase in class-size changes in kindergarten through third grade over the next four years insteadÃÂ ...
The Guardian
February 3, 2018
At least 10 other governors from both parties have asked Zinke to remove their states from plans to expand offshore drilling from the Arctic Ocean to the Atlantic and Pacific. Henry McMaster, the Republican governor of South Carolina, had a meeting on Friday with Zinke, his staff reported. Zinke did not meetÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
February 2, 2018
15 Pipeline Protesters Arrested at Governor's Office. North Carolina state government police arrested 15 people who refused to leave the reception area of Gov. Roy Cooper's office while expressing opposition to the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Feb. 2, 2018, at 10:52 p.m.. 15 Pipeline Protesters Arrested at Governor'sÃÂ ...
The Stokes News
December 31, 1999
Governor Roy Cooper recently announced Hometown Strong, a new initiative to partner with local governments to support local economies, improve infrastructure, and strengthen rural communities. “Small communities like the one I grew up in have a special character and so much to offer. They deserve aÃÂ ...
Chapelboro.com
December 8, 2017
The Republican-led North Carolina General Assembly has stood its ground against expanding Medicaid in the Tar Heel State. Democratic Governor Roy Cooper announced intentions to move toward expanding Medicaid once he was sworn into office in January 2017 after defeating incumbent Republican ...
news.delaware.gov
December 8, 2017
The fellowship, named after former North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt and former New Jersey Governor Tom Kean, is a bipartisan group assembled to ... a network of over 70 fellows representing 44 states including state legislators, attorneys general, lt. governors, governors and members of congress.
ESR NEWS
December 8, 2017
Signed into law by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper in July of 2017, SB 445 significantly reduces the waiting period for expungement of a criminal record from fifteen years to ten years for a first-time nonviolent felony and from fifteen years to five years for a nonviolent misdemeanor. SB 445 – which ...
U.S. News & World Report
December 7, 2017
A judicial reform group and North Carolina law school leader backed altering the state's current method of selecting judges, focusing more on ... For decades many lawyers and legal advocates have urged a "merit selection" process that could involve the governor, the General Assembly or both with ...
U.S. News & World Report
December 7, 2017
Roy Cooper has flipped the switch on North Carolina's official Christmas tree for the first time as governor. Dec. 6, 2017, at ... The Democratic governor, first lady Kristin Cooper and hundreds gathered on the south side of the old Capitol grounds for the tree-lighting ceremony Wednesday evening. Cooper ...
WRAL.com
December 7, 2017
The Executive Mansion, the official home of the North Carolina governor, will open its doors starting tonight for its annual holiday open house. The public is invited to tour the first floor of the nearly 35,000-square-foot house at 200 N. Blount St., Raleigh, for free. No reservations are required - or accepted.
PolitiFact
December 6, 2017
Roy Cooper recently criticized House and Senate efforts to cut taxes, saying they overwhelmingly favor groups that need help the least – large corporations and millionaires. While Tillis recently pointed to North Carolina as a positive example for change, Cooper highlighted what he said were the negative ...
U.S. News & World Report
November 24, 2017
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Deadspin
November 21, 2017
Last week, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee sued the state of North Carolina, singling out Democratic governor Roy Cooper and Director of the North ... These cities were built and renewed and renewed again by the state legislature and governors, who worked up tax cuts and anti-union laws for ...
News & Observer
November 1, 2017
Attorneys for Cooper have argued in court that the governor, as has been ... sits on local election boards in all of North Carolina's 100 counties.
U.S. News & World Report
November 1, 2017
A North Carolina judicial panel says a law backed by Republican legislative leaders that cuts Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's role in managing ...
U.S. News & World Report
October 31, 2017
No Trick Here: NC Governor Mansion Has 2 Halloween Events ... opportunities for treats at North Carolina's Executive Mansion this Halloween.
News & Observer
October 24, 2017
Over the past several years, with the full support of the previous governor, North Carolina's forests have become a primary target for fuel to ...
WLOS
October 20, 2017
FILE - North Carolina's Republican leaders said Thursday that a federal court should reject a deal by the Democratic governor that would affirm ...
WTVD-TV
October 18, 2017
According to the governor's office, North Carolina insurance companies provide more than a half-billion dollars in cost-sharing reductions to ...
WBTV
October 18, 2017
During a trip to Morganton for the announcement of job expansion at the Continental brake plant, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper took ...
U.S. News & World Report
October 18, 2017
Those provisions permanently make it easier for third-party and unaffiliated candidates to get on North Carolina ballots. They also lower the ...
WNCT
October 17, 2017
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Governor Cooper proclaims this week as Teen ... North Carolina's Graduated Driver License (GDL) Program is ...
The Daily Tar Heel
October 16, 2017
Western Governors University received a $2 million dollar grant from the North Carolina General Assembly — making North Carolina the ...
U.S. News & World Report
October 6, 2017
North Carolina's NAACP chapter is withholding an annual honor from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper because the group wants him to pardon a ...
U.S. News & World Report
September 18, 2017
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has rescinded the state of emergency issued last week for Hurricane Irma.
News & Observer (blog)
December 31, 1999
The bed at the center of a decades-old ghost story has returned to the North Carolina governor's mansion under Gov. Roy Cooper. Gov. Daniel ...
Variety
December 31, 1999
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has signed legislation that that removes the program's sunset language – effectively eliminating its July ...
U.S. News & World Report
December 31, 1999
North Carolina's governor is ordering extra safety measures after an attempted prison breakout caused two dead corrections officers and a ...
The Hill
August 28, 2017
The New York Air National Guard gave six aircraft; the Utah, Nebraska and North Carolina Army National Guards provided six helicopters; andÃÂ ...
Louisiana Weekly
August 28, 2017
Along with McAuliffe, the previous governors of North Carolina and South ... governor and seismic testing for oil and gas reserves as governor.
Charlotte Observer
August 28, 2017
One modest proposition: We should replace North Carolina's statue ... currently represented by two former governors: Charles Aycock and Zebulon Vance. ... two terms as Confederate governor of the state during the Civil War.
U.S. News & World Report
August 28, 2017
North Carolina's highest court is deciding how far the ... that implement laws, functions that the state constitution requires from governors.
WAVY-TV
August 26, 2017
FILE- In this Dec. 15, 2016 file photo, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper holds a press conference in Raleigh, N.C. North CarolinaÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
August 26, 2017
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper says the state is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information in the deaths of two elderly couples killed atÃÂ ...
Mount Airy News
August 21, 2017
Roy Cooper created the Governor's Teacher Advisory Committee. ... they deserve and be instrumental in helping North Carolina become a TopÃÂ ...
Charleston Post Courier
August 21, 2017
... who helped elect Democratic governors in Louisiana and North Carolina ... Bamberg tweeted his interest in joining the governor's race earlyÃÂ ...
Port City Daily
August 19, 2017
NORTH CAROLINA — Governor Roy Cooper's administration today came out in full opposition to drilling for oil and natural gas off the coast ofÃÂ ...
ABC News
August 15, 2017
North Carolina's governor said Tuesday that he wants to bring down Confederate monuments around the state, thrusting himself into a debateÃÂ ...
The National Law Review
August 5, 2017
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has signed H.B. 589 into law. H.B. 589, otherwise known as the Competitive Energy Solutions Plan, addsÃÂ ...
NBCNews.com
August 4, 2017
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina's governor says both islands affected by a power outage will reopen to tourists on Friday. Gov. Roy CooperÃÂ ...
Utility Dive
July 28, 2017
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) signed into law a solar bill (House Bill 589) with an 18-month wind energy development moratorium onÃÂ ...
ABC News
July 20, 2017
Under pressure from President Donald Trump, North Carolina's governor announced his opposition on Thursday to drilling for natural gas andÃÂ ...
Bustle
December 31, 1999
On Tuesday night, a few days after deadly violence over the removal of a Confederate monument rocked Charlottesville, VA., North CarolinaÃÂ ...
New York Magazine
December 31, 1999
A day after protestors dragged down the statue of a Confederate soldier in Durham, North Carolina, the state's governor said that allÃÂ ...
