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Nine state employees were honored with Governor’s Awards for Excellence today during a ceremony in the N.C. Museum of History.
Published: Thursday, October 31st, 2019 @ 4:07 am
By: Governor's Office
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As the Cooper administration engaged in negotiations involving the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a national governors' group warned a Cooper adviser against a state agency taking action comparable to extortion
Published: Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 @ 2:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state's top legislative leaders say they're eager to talk to teachers gathering in Raleigh on Wednesday, May 16, about a 6.2 percent average pay raise they'll receive next year
Published: Saturday, May 19th, 2018 @ 2:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Noelle Talley, Deputy Communications Director for Governor Roy Cooper, shared the following statement on the North Carolina General Assembly's teacher pay proposal
Published: Thursday, May 17th, 2018 @ 7:43 am
By: Governor's Office
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It seems like all public officials celebrate transparency, until it applies to them
Published: Friday, March 16th, 2018 @ 4:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper in 2012, while serving as state attorney general, agreed to lease a Nash County property he and his brother Pell owned to Chapel Hill-based Strata Solar for the construction and operation of a 4.9-megawatt solar facility
Published: Friday, February 23rd, 2018 @ 3:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Civitas Institute has filed a state ethics complaint against Gov. Roy Cooper, seeking a ruling and possible investigation into questions of his handling of $57.8 million from a utility coalition building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2018 @ 2:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The House passed House Bill 90 on Tuesday, Feb. 13, commandeering a controversial $58 million discretionary fund Gov. Roy Cooper created with developers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and redirecting the money to education
Published: Monday, February 19th, 2018 @ 11:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Noelle Talley, Deputy Communications Director for Governor Roy Cooper, shared the following statement on the legislature's failure to act on GenX
Published: Wednesday, February 14th, 2018 @ 8:39 am
By: Governor's Office
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The separation-of-powers battle between Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and the Republican-led General Assembly won't end any time soon
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2017 @ 8:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper's attempt to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act before President Obama leaves office may have run aground as the result of an order issued Saturday night by a federal judge
Published: Sunday, January 22nd, 2017 @ 9:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper named leaders to head the departments of Commerce and Administration Thursday as he builds his team to lead North Carolina for the next four years
Published: Thursday, January 12th, 2017 @ 7:42 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper has hired an expert in public policy to serve as Policy Director and named two veteran state government employees to posts in the Governor's Office as he continued to fill his state team Tuesday
Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2017 @ 12:21 am
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Roy Cooper served notice today that he is seeking federal approval that would allow the state to cover more uninsured North Carolinians through Medicaid
Published: Monday, January 9th, 2017 @ 3:26 pm
By: Governor's Office
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After less than a week in office, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper is already preparing for his first winter storm
Published: Friday, January 6th, 2017 @ 12:08 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper today named Erik Hooks to lead the state's public safety department to direct law statewide law enforcement, emergency management, juvenile justice, and corrections divisions
Published: Thursday, January 5th, 2017 @ 6:37 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Gov.-elect Roy Cooper held a news conference Thursday morning in response to a slew of bills from lawmakers filed in a special session of the General Assembly
Published: Saturday, December 17th, 2016 @ 8:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A lawsuit filed by the president of a conservative policy organization says the North Carolina Constitution requires payments from a 2000 agreement between pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. and the North Carolina Department of Justice go to public schools
Published: Friday, October 28th, 2016 @ 4:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A recommendation that the state might impose ethics-related restrictions on secondary employment and corporate board memberships on the state treasurer - and possibly other Council of State officers - drew a mixed response from those officials
Published: Monday, October 10th, 2016 @ 1:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While the Wake County Board of Elections voted along party lines to appeal a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling throwing out local school board and county commissioner districts, state legislative leaders are fighting to get back in as defendants in the case
Published: Tuesday, July 19th, 2016 @ 12:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As Attorney General Roy Cooper sets his sights on the governor's mansion, he should explain why he supports Charlotte's controversial transgender bathroom ordinance, even though it is likely to be the subject of a lengthy and expensive legal challenge if passed. Roy Cooper has been raising...
Published: Wednesday, February 10th, 2016 @ 8:27 am
By: Chris Downey
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A longstanding feud between Raleigh attorney Gene Boyce and state Attorney General Roy Cooper that appeared to be over in 2014 reignited last week
Published: Tuesday, January 19th, 2016 @ 12:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A national government watchdog group is collecting examples of government employees who are responsible for providing public information but in fact impede the free flow of information to journalists.
Published: Friday, January 15th, 2016 @ 3:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory has urged North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper to join South Carolina in filing a friend-of-the-court, or amicus, brief opposing the Obama administration and the ACLU in a lawsuit that could require North Carolina K-12 schools to open restrooms and locker rooms to transgender.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 11:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A nine-year legal battle over a 289-acre Onslow County waterfront property ended in late April when Harriet Hurst Turner and her brother John H. Hurst won control of the land and then immediately sold it to the state of North Carolina for $10.1 million.
Published: Thursday, June 11th, 2015 @ 2:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As landowners wait to see if the N.C. Department of Transportation will appeal a recent decision enhancing property rights along highway corridors, lawmakers in Raleigh have filed bills that would limit the grip of the state's Map Act or eliminate it altogether.
Published: Wednesday, March 18th, 2015 @ 3:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A legal challenge to the General Assembly’s new rules on public use and behavior at the legislative complex could reshape public access and speech rights on public property all the way down to local governments.
Published: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 @ 6:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The move Thursday by a Wake County Superior Court judge to strike down the state's fledgling Opportunity Scholarships program is seen as a short-term setback by supporters of the private tuition vouchers.
Published: Friday, August 22nd, 2014 @ 6:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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According to WRAL, Attorney General Roy Cooper is pressing Gov. Pat McCrory to roll back "special service charges" imposed on certain requests for public records.
Published: Monday, February 17th, 2014 @ 11:37 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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When Indian Trail Councilman David Waddell chose to submit his resignation from the council in Klingon - the fictional language of the aliens from the "Star Trek" franchise - it was just one of many unusual things going on in the bedroom community near Charlotte.
Published: Thursday, January 9th, 2014 @ 1:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislation limiting assertive regulatory actions by executive branch agencies is gaining interest in the General Assembly and in state capitals around the country. Supporters say a state-focused version of the federal Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny, or REINS, Act, could...
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 @ 2:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory's chief legal counsel said Tuesday that the governor, a Republican, decided to hire an outside lawyer to defend a lawsuit over the state's new voter identification and election law because of public statements about the law from Democratic state Attorney General Roy Cooper.
Published: Sunday, October 27th, 2013 @ 12:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A settlement touted by North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper on Sept. 3 as a “win” for investors victimized by two questionable developments on the North Carolina coast promises to provide only pennies-on-the-dollar restitution to those who lost money in the transactions.
Published: Wednesday, September 11th, 2013 @ 9:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Rep. Paul "Skip" Stam, R-Wake, the House speaker pro tem, says a provision passed late in the General Assembly's session - giving lawmakers...
Published: Thursday, August 1st, 2013 @ 11:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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