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Cooper vetos two bills, signs Farm Act and others into law
Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper signed the North Carolina Farm Act of 2024 into law Wednesday, along with three other bills. He also vetoed two others.
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Cooper to virtually attend Democrat governors meeting with Biden
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper will be among a group of Democrat governors meeting with President Joe Biden Wednesday evening in a closed-door meeting at the White House.
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Cooper’s lawyers defend COVID bar shutdowns in NC Supreme Court filing
Gov. Roy Cooper’s lawyers are defending his decision to keep bars closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cooper’s legal team filed paperwork this week with North Carolina’s highest court.
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Cooper plan would give hospitals extra Medicaid money to forgive medical debt
Gov. Roy Cooper announced Monday that he and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) are trying to entice hospitals with extra Medicaid funding in exchange for eliminating billions in medical debt and preventing it from occurring in the future.
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Berger Jr. refers Cooper’s recusal requests to full NC Supreme Court
North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Phil Berger Jr. has asked his colleagues to decide whether he should take part in two cases pitting the state’s Democratic governor against top Republican legislators. One of those legislators is Berger’s father, the state Senate leader. In two orders released Monday, Berger Jr. referred decisions about his participation in the cases to the other six members of North Carolina’s highest court.
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Cooper vetoes mask, campaign finance bill
Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill Friday that he claimed would keep voters in the dark, allowing anonymous out-of-state billionaires to flood North Carolina with campaign contributions to “extreme right-wing candidates.”
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Legislative leaders oppose Cooper’s request for Berger Jr. recusal
Top North Carolina legislative leaders reject Gov. Roy Cooper’s request that state Supreme Court Justice Phil Berger Jr. stay away from two cases pitting the governor against the legislature. The governor cites the role Berger’s father plays in both cases as state Senate leader.
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Cooper vetoes bill making juvenile justice changes
Gov. Roy Cooper pulled out his veto stamp a second time this year — this time striking down a bill making changes to North Carolina’s “Raise the Age” legislation. Cooper handed down his veto of House Bill 834 at 4:59 p.m. Friday.
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Cooper seeks Berger’s recusal, urges top NC court to avoid elections, appointments cases
Gov. Roy Cooper is asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to steer clear of two cases pitting the governor against top legislative leaders. At the same time, Cooper seeks Justice Phil Berger Jr.’s recusal “or disqualification” from both cases.
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Invisible Threats: PFAS and the push for policy reform in North Carolina
From a manufacturing point of view, the chemicals are extremely useful. But from a consumer point of view, health concerns loom.
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State Supreme Court takes second COVID bar shutdown case
The North Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to take a second case related to Gov. Roy Cooper’s shutdown of bars during the COVID pandemic in 2020. In both cases, the governor challenges lower court rulings favoring bar owners.
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State Supreme Court takes case involving Cooper’s COVID bar shutdowns
The North Carolina Supreme Court will consider at least one of two pending cases related to Gov. Roy Cooper’s 2020 shutdown of bars during the COVID-19 pandemic. The court issued an order Thursday granting the governor’s September 2023 request to take up the case Howell v. Cooper. The order arrived nine days after the governor asked the high court to take up a second case brought by the North Carolina Bar and Tavern Association. Justices have not yet acted on the second case.
