RALEIGH After three false starts the confirmations of Gov. Roy Cooper’s cabinet picks by the N.C. Senate started in earnest Thursday. Subsequent to a legislative subpoena, former state legislator Larry Hall, now serving as […]
RALEIGH After three false starts the confirmations of Gov. Roy Cooper’s cabinet picks by the N.C. Senate started in earnest Thursday. Subsequent to a legislative subpoena, former state legislator Larry Hall, now serving as […]
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. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein filed a request to dismiss the General Assembly’s appeal over the Voter ID law pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. The appeal filed by 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 presided over the first N.C. Council of State meeting of 2017 Tuesday, providing for introductions of new members, updates from council departments, and votes on official state business.The 2016 elections […]
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 […]
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