In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of first-degree murder to life in prison without the possibility of parole on ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is leaving his job after eight years in which the southern Democrat picked his moments against ...

After eight years in office, the tenure of North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is coming to a close. Here’s coverage from The News & Observer that looks at the Democrat’s two terms and what’s next.

By Reid J. Epstein Reporting from Washington Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina is set to leave office on New Year’s Day after two terms that began with his effort to undo the state’s ...

Under the executive order, state Cabinet agencies are ordered not to cooperate with prosecution and penalties against health ...

Republicans are making a blatant grab for power. It's nothing new for North Carolina, but it's still despicable.

Democratic North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein issued an executive order Thursday that he believes will further protect ...

Republicans are refusing to accept North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs' narrow victory in November ...

Stein was to deliver a speech on Saturday in Raleigh, instead of the originally scheduled swearing-in ceremony outside the ...

In some of his first post-gubernatorial remarks on state politics, Roy Cooper condemned Judge Jefferson Griffin’s ongoing ...

The cancellations mark another setback for North Carolina inauguration ceremonies during the recent past. In 2017, ...