Roy Cooper

RALEIGH — After failing to appear before a North Carolina Senate committee for a confirmation hearing three separate times, former Democrat lawmaker Larry Hall, Gov. Roy Cooper’s appointed secretary of the Department of Military and […]

RALEIGH — Having technically convened the 2017 legislative session weeks ago, revving engines gave way to traction as the North Carolina General Assembly passed its first bill of the year Monday evening with the N.C. […]

RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly has its first joint appropriations meeting on Tuesday to review the base budget, revenue projections and begin laying the foundation for forming a new two-year budget in the […]

RALEIGH — At a hearing Friday, the N.C. Superior Court heard more arguments on the issue of the state Senate’s authority to hold confirmation hearings for governors’ secretarial appointments. Lawyers exchanged constitutional checks-and-balances reasoning in […]

RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration released the salaries of eight cabinet secretaries this week in response to a request from the North State Journal. At an attempted confirmation hearing for one of Gov. Roy […]

RALEIGH — A temporary restraining order announced by a Superior Court panel Wednesday blocks a law passed in late 2017 that codifies the N.C. Senate’s role in confirming the governor’s cabinet appointments. The news elicited […]

RALEIGH — Though a final order has not yet been released by a Superior Court, strong reactions from Republican leaders of the North Carolina General Assembly indicate that a three judge panel has temporarily ruled […]

RALEIGH — The North Carolina Senate is scheduled to commence confirmation hearings Wednesday to “advise and consent” to Gov. Roy Cooper’s selections to lead departments of state government even as the government branches battle over […]