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November 9, 2025

executive orders

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Cooper sought eviction order approval after bypassing Council of State last year

July 7, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Faced with an expiring executive order related to restricting evictions, Gov. Roy Cooper sought Council of State concurrence last week. The request from Cooper for concurrence came on the one-year anniversary of the […]

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Cooper’s offshore wind-power order exhibits divide over NC’s energy future

June 16, 2021 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH —Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper issued an executive order on June 9 directing agencies in his administration to develop wind-energy infrastructure off the coast. Republicans, meanwhile, blasted the plan, saying the focus instead […]

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Cooper statement addresses ‘state of emergency’ 6 times but not lawmaker questions

June 16, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper used the term “state of emergency” six times in his recent press release announcing another extension of various COVID-related restrictions, but he has yet to answer media and […]

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Questions surround Cooper’s linking of state of emergency, federal funds

June 9, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — At the first in-person COVID-19 media briefing in over 400 days, on June 2, Gov. Roy Cooper said North Carolina’s state-of-emergency order needed to continue and would not say when it will be […]

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Where is the ReOpenNC movement today?

May 27, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — During the first week of April 2020, a movement called ReOpenNC launched its first protest in Raleigh against Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-19 executive orders. ReOpenNC began as a Facebook group that characterized […]

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Greenville club’s lawsuit against Gov. Cooper heads for three judge panel

April 14, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The Greenville area club which filed suit against Gov. Roy Cooper over his closure of private bars and clubs during the pandemic will see their case head to a three-judge panel. Originally filed […]

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DORAN: Cooper’s latest executive order raises questions and red flags 

August 19, 2020 Jeannette Doran 

On Aug. 5, Gov. Roy Cooper extended his Phase 2 order. Most everyone is aware of that by now, but his original Phase 2 order and the latest order contain an alarming statement which many people have overlooked and […]

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Unpaid bills drive N. Carolina families to financial brink

July 27, 2020 TONY ROMM, The Washington Post

RALEIGH — As many as 1 million families in North Carolina have fallen behind on their electric, water and sewage bills, threatening residents and their cities with severe financial hardship unless federal lawmakers act to […]

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Council of State meeting gets heated over utility cutoff executive orders

July 8, 2020 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Unless collections of utility payments are allowed to resume soon, a number of utility providers in the state could be facing bankruptcy due to one of Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-19 related executive orders. […]

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Judge rules that Oregon virus restrictions are invalid

May 18, 2020 Gillian Flaccus and Andrew Selsky, Associated Press

SALEM, Ore. — A judge in rural Oregon on Monday tossed out statewide coronavirus restrictions imposed by Democratic Gov. Kate Brown, saying she didn’t seek the Legislature’s approval to extend the stay-at-home orders beyond a […]

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