Governor Roy Cooper

North Carolina has joined a new nationwide effort to improve outcomes for more prisoners who return to society through an approach focused on education, health care and housing. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order Monday that seeks to reduce recidivism through formal training and workforce tools for incarcerated people so more can succeed once they are freed.

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper says he's going to use his final year on the job to build a coalition to prod the Republican-led General Assembly to improve public schools. Cooper made the education announcement Tuesday at the Nash County elementary school he attended as a boy. He used the occasion to formally proclaim 2024 as "The Year of Public Schools."

A North Carolina judge has given Gov. Roy Cooper a legal win involving an environmental board and a new law that reduced the number of positions he appoints to it. The trial judge agreed Thursday to issue a temporary restraining order preventing the Environmental Management Commission from ending its own lawsuit over new discharge limits of an industrial chemical.

The National Weather Service has issued flood warnings and high wind advisories for many parts of North Carolina today due to a strong storm system on the East Coast. Gov. Roy Cooper has declared a state of emergency, and many schools have either closed, dismissed early or chose to operate fully remote today.

A three-judge panel in state court Thursday sided with Cooper and issued a preliminary injunction in his lawsuit to block a Republican-backed law that would strip him of appointment power over state and county elections boards

Former Wake County Commission Chairwoman Jessica Holmes will become the first Black woman to serve in a Council of State position.

Since 2018, Cooper has pardoned a pair of North Carolina turkeys ahead of Thanksgiving each year. It's similar to an event held at the White House.

Gov. Roy Cooper says Republican lawmakers and the North Carolina Chamber are blocking Black nominees for state business courts.

Gov. Roy Cooper signed the final two bills of this year's legislative session late Thursday.

Governor Roy Cooper talks with Jeff Tiberii about his tenure, redistricting, the Governor's veto power, jobs, Medicaid expansion, the biggest challenges facing the state... and his love for diet Sun Drop.