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North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein's first test will be balancing Helene recovery with the ghosts of hurricane recoveries' past
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein began his first term earlier this month with a behemoth task in front of him: Helping western ...
Fact check: Cooper says Helene bill 'took money' from western NC
Gov. Roy Cooper said Republican legislators passed a bill that "actually took money away from western North Carolina." ...
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Potential 2028 Dem hopeful follows Biden lead, commutes 15 death-row sentences on final day as governor
On his way out the door, then-North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 individuals on the Tarheel State’s death row. Cooper, a Democrat whose name has been floated as one of ...
NC’s hurricane homebuilding program asks for $217M as lawmakers continue scrutiny
North Carolina’s hurricane homebuilding program is asking lawmakers for more than $200 million in new funding — a major new request by an embattled agency seeking to climb out of a massive deficit and ...
JD Vance blasts ‘broken’ FEMA for ‘holding up’ billions in hurricane relief: ‘Not doing the American people’s will’
At least $4 billion is earmarked for hurricane response in Virginia but only $47 million has been distributed so far, the ...
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On final day in office, Gov. Roy Cooper grants clemency to 15 on NC’s death row
In one of his final acts in office, Gov. Roy Cooper granted clemency to 15 people on death row, forgave two people for their past crimes and made two others immediately eligible for parole.
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Gov. Cooper commutes sentences of 15 on death row, issues other pardons and commutations
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday -- his last day in office -- that he has commuted the sentences of 15 people on death row. He also granted two other commutations and two ...
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Roy Cooper commutes 15 death row sentences on his final day in office
On his final day in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death row sentences of 15 people to life without parole. In a press release, Cooper said he reviewed the petitions for ...
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NC Gov. Roy Cooper commutes sentences of 15 death row inmates before leaving office
N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 North Carolinian inmates on death row to life without the possibility of parole on his last day in office Tuesday, the largest clemency action of ...
Fourth, eighth graders still trying to shake impact of pandemic
Impacts from statewide public school closures during the COVID-19 era are still being felt, North Carolina’s new Democratic ...
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WATCH: Gov. Roy Cooper speaks at 2024 Democratic National Convention North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper spoke Thursday on the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, an evening ...
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On final day in office, Gov. Roy Cooper grants clemency to 15 on NC’s death row
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks at a press briefing following a shooting that left five dead, including an off-duty police officer, on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, in Raleigh, N.C. In one of his ...