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General Assembly overrides 3 Cooper vetoes

July 5, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — All three of Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes issued during the legislative short session have been successfully overridden by the legislature. The vetoes overridden include House Bill 198, DOT Legislative Changes; House Bill 237, Various […]

Cooper makes 95th veto on DOT agency bill

May 1, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper made the 95th veto of his two terms over billboard signage vegetation clearing in a North Carolina Department of Transportation agency bill. House Bill 198 contains requests made by […]

Oversight committee questions DMV chief

March 7, 2024 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — During a Feb. 29 meeting of the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee, the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Wayne Goodwin was questioned about a host of issues, including long wait times, modernization […]

Cooper approves bill formalizing NCHSAA oversight

November 23, 2021 The Associated Press

RALEIGH — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper approved a measure Tuesday for a new governing structure for high school sports. The new law allows the State Board of Education to create a formal agreement with […]

Rules formalizing NC prep sports oversight heads to governor

November 19, 2021 Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

RALEIGH — Legislation that likely will create a formal agreement between the nonprofit body currently governing North Carolina high school sports and state education leaders received final approval on Wednesday. The compromise scales back specific […]