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Gov. Roy Cooper's named could be dropped from the list of defendants in a federal lawsuit linked to a 2020 arrest at a COVID protest.
Published: Thursday, December 14th, 2023 @ 6:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The city of Raleigh is asking a federal court to drop the city from a High Point woman's lawsuit challenging her arrest during a 2020 COVID policy protest.
Published: Sunday, September 24th, 2023 @ 10:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A woman arrested during an April 2020 ReOpenNC COVID shutdown protest is suing the governor, the city of Raleigh, and state and local law enforcement officials. She argues that defendants violated her constitutional rights.
Published: Wednesday, May 31st, 2023 @ 12:35 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. prison system, comprising 55 facilities and employing roughly 16,000 staff, is one of the largest agencies in the state. That might surprise some, as prisons, from the real estate they occupy, to the critical role they play in governance, are not foremost in our minds when it comes to polic
Published: Monday, November 1st, 2021 @ 5:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following nine individuals to serve in key roles
Published: Wednesday, September 1st, 2021 @ 11:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that Casandra Skinner Hoekstra will serve as Interim Secretary for the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCDPS).
Published: Friday, August 27th, 2021 @ 8:16 pm
By: Governor's Office
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A couple of weeks after announcing his retirement from Gov. Roy Cooper’s Cabinet, Erik Hooks is in line for a top federal emergency management post.
Published: Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 @ 9:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Public Safety Secretary Erik A. Hooks today announced his plans to retire from state service on August 1.
Published: Friday, July 23rd, 2021 @ 2:11 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Erik Hooks has announced his retirement from Gov. Roy Cooper’s Cabinet, ending a long career in state public safety.
Published: Wednesday, July 21st, 2021 @ 11:04 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed May 2-8 as Correctional Officers and Correctional Employees Week in North Carolina, in recognition of the essential public service provided by employees in the state’s prison system.
Published: Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 @ 1:18 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Roy Cooper and Dr. Mandy Cohen, state health secretary, took a decidedly political tone in a COVID-19 news conference Tuesday, Jan. 12.
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 @ 1:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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COVID-19 Situation Update: December 15
Published: Friday, December 18th, 2020 @ 8:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Concerning trends show the need for local leaders to take further action to help protect their communities
Published: Monday, December 14th, 2020 @ 5:50 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Cooper & health officials urge North Carolinians to recommit to prevention efforts
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2020 @ 11:31 am
By: Governor's Office
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Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper ordered Confederate monuments on the grounds of the State Capitol removed “to protect public safety.”
Published: Monday, June 29th, 2020 @ 7:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper signed Executive Order No. 145 today, forming the North Carolina Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice.
Published: Friday, June 12th, 2020 @ 1:07 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed May 4-10 as Correctional Officers and Correctional Employees Week in North Carolina, to recognize the important public service provided by employees in the state’s prison system.
Published: Wednesday, May 6th, 2020 @ 11:22 am
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina’s prisons will begin releasing some inmates in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Published: Saturday, April 18th, 2020 @ 2:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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7% of governor’s 2019 war chest from New York, California sources; GOP challenger Forest got $0.00
Published: Monday, February 24th, 2020 @ 10:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Monday, Governor Roy Cooper and members of his cabinet visited Ocracoke Island to survey recovery efforts following Hurricane Dorian’s landfall on September 6, 2019.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2019 @ 5:29 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper briefed President Trump and other federal officials on board Air Force One this afternoon about the state's response to Hurricane Dorian.
Published: Tuesday, September 10th, 2019 @ 4:28 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Public Safety are partnering to create a new medication-assisted treatment (MAT) program to reduce the overdose-related deaths of people with an opioid disorder who are re-entering their communities upon leaving prison.
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2019 @ 5:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper declared April 7 – 13, 2019 National Volunteer Week in North Carolina to celebrate the work of volunteers.
Published: Monday, April 15th, 2019 @ 7:34 am
By: Governor's Office
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They're talking about it all over the world. And we want to keep it going that way, because some of the hard work is now.
Published: Thursday, September 20th, 2018 @ 3:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Cabinet secretaries, agency heads and other state employees will dedicate hundreds of volunteer hours this week as part of Governor Roy Cooper's call to support National Volunteer Week activities across the state
Published: Tuesday, April 17th, 2018 @ 9:26 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Michael Kerr, starving, incoherent, and dehydrated, was loaded into a van March 12, 2014, at Alexander Correctional Institution in Taylorsville. The 53-year-old inmate was bound for a hospital at Central Prison in Raleigh
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2018 @ 9:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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While North Carolina leaders address a multitude of problems behind the state's prison walls, a new national poll shows growing support for criminal justice reform
Published: Friday, February 2nd, 2018 @ 7:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. Public Safety Secretary Erik Hooks met a chilly reception Jan. 25 while briefing legislators on the results of a top-to-bottom prisons review
Published: Saturday, January 27th, 2018 @ 3:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The town of Fair Bluff will receive $1.85 million to help rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane Matthew and improve the town's water supply, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2017 @ 5:39 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Cooper met with Secretary of Public Safety Erik Hooks and state prison leaders to discuss the incident at Pasquotank Correctional Institution and action to improve security at state prisons
Published: Monday, October 16th, 2017 @ 9:37 pm
By: Governor's Office
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This week Gov. Roy Cooper will help launch the State Reentry Council Collaborative, an effort to help formerly incarcerated people successfully return to the community and become productive contributors to society
Published: Saturday, October 14th, 2017 @ 5:08 pm
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina is sending more help to Puerto Rico as the island continues to recover and rebuild from devastation caused after Hurricane Maria struck September 20
Published: Friday, October 13th, 2017 @ 11:56 am
By: Governor's Office
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$73 million in grants from the North Carolina Governor's Crime Commission will go to support criminal justice programs in communities across North Carolina, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Wednesday, September 20th, 2017 @ 10:05 am
By: Governor's Office
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