“North Carolina’s entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well,” North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall told Council of State members at their monthly meeting on Tuesday.
Published: Wednesday, December 20th, 2023 @ 11:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper signed two bills into law Monday and vetoed three, with one in particular raising disapproval from two Council of State members who call for lawmakers to override it.
Published: Sunday, August 13th, 2023 @ 5:30 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In a true emergency declaration, Council of State members would have to vote on on the action taken by Cooper, or any other governor, under a new law that took effect on Jan. 1.
Published: Saturday, July 15th, 2023 @ 8:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina's COVID-19 State of Emergency ends after 888 days.
Published: Tuesday, August 16th, 2022 @ 8:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper is urging other members of the Council of State to push their own staffs to get vaccinated.
Published: Wednesday, August 11th, 2021 @ 9:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Some Republican members of the N.C. Council of State used a meeting Tuesday, Aug. 3, to underscore the challenges employers face in finding workers because
Published: Tuesday, August 10th, 2021 @ 6:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Majority of Council of State Decline to Concur with Extension of State Evictions Order.
Published: Thursday, July 15th, 2021 @ 3:44 am
By: Governor's Office
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While CDC Evictions Moratorium Extended Through July, Current State Evictions Moratorium Expires June 30 Unless Extended
Published: Sunday, July 11th, 2021 @ 5:50 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Lawmakers Argue No One Person Should Have Unilateral Authority to Shut Down State for Indefinite Time — Regardless of Party
Published: Sunday, April 4th, 2021 @ 10:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A group of N.C. House lawmakers have introduced a bill to, they say, strengthen and clarify current law to require approval from a majority of the Council of State for emergency actions by the governor.
Published: Wednesday, March 17th, 2021 @ 11:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Bill Comes on One-Year Anniversary of Gov. Cooper’s Statewide Emergency Order
Published: Friday, March 12th, 2021 @ 5:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The front yard of the Executive Mansion was transformed into an outdoor sound stage for the ceremony.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2021 @ 11:01 am
By: Governor's Office
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As we popped the cork to toast the new decade, we anticipated that 2020 would be an exciting year, filled with interesting developments — some good and perhaps even rambunctious. Nobody could have predicted the four crises we would face.
Published: Monday, December 28th, 2020 @ 12:03 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Gov. Roy Cooper moved North Carolina backward in economic reopening in another virtual news conference that shut out conservative publications.
Published: Sunday, November 15th, 2020 @ 7:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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For 16 years, former state Rep. Cherie Berry has served as North Carolina’s labor commissioner.
Published: Thursday, October 15th, 2020 @ 12:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Whether a judge rules in favor of Gov. Roy Cooper or decides to throw out Cooper’s executive orders, he knows his decision is likely to head straight to the N.C. Supreme Court.
Published: Saturday, August 8th, 2020 @ 5:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Tensions between Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and some Republican members of the Council of State surfaced again.
Published: Thursday, July 9th, 2020 @ 2:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Jeff Brooks was watching the governor in a news conference. Brooks, who owns a gym in Onslow County, immediately realized he was in trouble.
Published: Monday, May 25th, 2020 @ 1:02 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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For a while it appeared North Carolina’s leaders were heading down the road of bipartisan cooperation, something we can all applaud.
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2020 @ 7:57 am
By: Tom Campbell
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On St. Patrick’s Day, Gov. Roy Cooper issued an executive order, and the biggest item in the order was shutting down all bars and sit-down rsestaurants effective 5 p.m. that same day.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 8:45 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, Gov. Roy Cooper declared in-person dining is banned in North Carolina for the foreseeable future.
Published: Sunday, March 29th, 2020 @ 11:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Few people want to spend time these days debating the finer points of constitutional law and government’s separation of powers.
Published: Wednesday, March 25th, 2020 @ 9:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On St. Patrick’s Day, Cary’s Carolina Ale House — garishly decorated with Irish food and drink ads — wasn’t teeming with its usual swarm of thirsty, hungry customers.
Published: Monday, March 23rd, 2020 @ 11:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The State Board of Elections ousted Executive Director Kim Strach Monday, May 13, on a party line vote, naming Karen Brinson Bell of Charleston, South Carolina, to replace Strach effective June 1.
Published: Thursday, May 16th, 2019 @ 6:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper today ordered all United States and North Carolina flags at state facilities to be lowered immediately to half-staff in tribute to former Representative John David Dingell, Jr. of Michigan. Rep. Dingell, Jr. is the longest serving member of Congress in our nation's history.
Published: Saturday, February 9th, 2019 @ 1:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A perplexing recent comment from North Carolina's attorney general suggests now might be a good time for a refresher course about the way people exercise power in our system of government
Published: Wednesday, August 15th, 2018 @ 3:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The latest Elon University Poll contains disturbing, but not surprising results. More people know the starting quarterback for the Carolina Panthers than the names of either of our U.S. Senators
Published: Monday, March 5th, 2018 @ 11:02 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Governor Cooper issued the following comment on the plane crash that killed 16 service members.
Published: Wednesday, July 12th, 2017 @ 10:35 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Before Gov. Roy Cooper and his surrogates accuse the N.C. General Assembly of “thumbing its nose at the North Carolina Constitution and the U.S. Supreme Court,” the governor might want to reflect on his own actions in connection with legislative electoral redistricting
Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2017 @ 12:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper's pick to head North Carolina’s Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, former state Rep. Larry Hall, received unanimous approval last week from the Senate committee tasked to confirm him
Published: Tuesday, March 7th, 2017 @ 1:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The best word to describe the year 2016 is unsettling. We barely had time to break our New Year's resolutions before the year crashed down on us
Published: Saturday, January 7th, 2017 @ 6:31 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper claims to have won the governor's race, incumbent Republican Gov. Pat McCrory says votes remain uncounted that could reverse Cooper's razor-thin margin, and several Council of State races swung from Democratic to GOP control in Tuesday's historic general electi
Published: Sunday, January 1st, 2017 @ 7:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's economy continues to outperform the national and regional averages - which is one reason why, the results of the gubernatorial election notwithstanding, the state's policy fundamentals are unlikely to change in the foreseeable future
Published: Thursday, December 15th, 2016 @ 1:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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