Roy Cooper

In a visit to Raleigh Thursday, President Biden promoted his administration's plan to improve high-speed Internet access in North Carolina.

Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed two bills Monday that he says would be harmful to the environment.

Gov. Roy Cooper announced Friday that he’ll allow the new state budget to become law without his signature.

It weakened to a tropical storm but still packed 60-mph winds as it raced into Georgia and then into South Carolina. In Charleston, a surge from Idalia topped the seawall that protects the downtown, sending ankle-deep ocean water into wealthy and famous neighborhoods.

The governor is barred from seeking a third consecutive term because of term limits. The endorsement is hardly unexpected. Stein served as head of Cooper’s consumer protection division for several years when Cooper was attorney general.

The National Weather Service says Hurricane Idalia will bring heavy rain and winds to the Triangle on Thursday. Some places south of Raleigh can expect wind gusts of up to 40 mph at times.

Cooper met with elected officials and physicians in Martin, Richmond and Yadkin counties to attempt to build pressure upon Republican legislation to hustle on a budget agreement. Right now, an enacted budget law is what's blocking coverage to an estimated 600,000 low-income adults.

But the expansion program won't happen then unless elected officials take one last action soon. The Democratic governor signed an expansion law in March, pontentially providing health coverage to another 600,000 adults.

Cooper submitted a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday calling the Southgate pipeline unnecessary.

The Senate voted separately Tuesday for each of the four measures by margins wide enough to enact them over Cooper’s objections contained in his veto messages. They will become law should the House also vote to override the vetoes.