RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced North Carolina boards and commissions appointments and nominations.
Published: Tuesday, February 14th, 2023 @ 4:10 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper appointed N.C. Department of Public Safety’s Chief Deputy Secretary and Senior Policy Advisor Pamela Brewington Cashwell to lead the Department of Administration as Secretary.
Published: Sunday, April 4th, 2021 @ 10:12 pm
By: Governor's Office
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University of North Carolina Board Chairman Harry Smith says he never suggested that the interim UNC president should no longer be a candidate for the permanent job.
Published: Monday, August 12th, 2019 @ 7:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Republican Party has submitted a list of four nominees for the new State Board of Elections, from which Gov. Roy Cooper will select two. The N.C. Democratic Party offered its list Thursday afternoon, and one prominent name won't be among its four nominees.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2019 @ 12:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Ken Eudy, Gov. Roy Cooper's policy adviser, was the governor's key negotiator with Duke Energy in developing a $57.8 discretionary Atlantic Coast Pipeline fund Duke and its utility partners would pay to Cooper.
Published: Saturday, January 26th, 2019 @ 12:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The 2017-18 session of the N.C. General Assembly wrapped up Thursday, setting a record by overriding the 22nd and 23rd vetoes of the biennium
Published: Friday, December 28th, 2018 @ 11:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As expected, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed the General Assembly's most recent attempt to restructure the state's elections and ethics enforcement agencies. He also vetoed a "technical corrections" measure, rejecting two provisions in the catch-all legislation
Published: Sunday, December 23rd, 2018 @ 3:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Panelists debating a proposed constitutional amendment creating a new state elections/ethics board offered starkly different views about the threats to separation of powers
Published: Monday, October 22nd, 2018 @ 9:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A three-judge Superior Court panel has found the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement is unconstitutional because it violates the governor's duty to faithfully execute laws, and approved an injunction nullifying it
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2018 @ 9:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senators voted 32-14 after testy debate on Wednesday, June 27, to pass House Bill 913, which creates a Bipartisan Board of Ethics and Elections Enforcement
Published: Friday, July 13th, 2018 @ 12:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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John Lewis, a Republican recently named to the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement, says the eight-member board - set to hold its first meeting at 8 a.m. Wednesday - should have more time before recommending its ninth member
Published: Thursday, March 22nd, 2018 @ 4:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, says an ethics complaint filed against him by a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit research organization is tainted by election-season politics
Published: Wednesday, March 14th, 2018 @ 1:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Civitas Institute has filed a state ethics complaint against Gov. Roy Cooper, seeking a ruling and possible investigation into questions of his handling of $57.8 million from a utility coalition building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2018 @ 2:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lee Lilley did little to assuage Republicans' concerns over a $57.8 million "voluntary" payment to Gov. Roy Cooper's office from companies building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Published: Sunday, February 11th, 2018 @ 1:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The power struggle between the Republican-led General Assembly and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper resumed Monday in two cases argued in state Supreme Court
Published: Tuesday, August 29th, 2017 @ 3:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Over Democrats’ objections, on Thursday the Republican-controlled House passed Senate Bill 68, merging the state’s ethics and elections boards, along with some lobbying regulations
Published: Sunday, July 9th, 2017 @ 12:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The state Senate unanimously concurred to the amended changes from the House on Senate Bill 410
Published: Friday, June 30th, 2017 @ 10:17 am
By: Bill Cook
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It was only a matter of when, not if
Published: Wednesday, April 26th, 2017 @ 1:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper has issued two more vetoes this morning, targeting bills that would change the makeup of the state elections board and reduce the number of judges on the N.C. Court of Appeals
Published: Saturday, April 22nd, 2017 @ 9:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After two rushed committee meetings Tuesday, Senate Bill 68 seems on its way to quick passage. The floor vote on the measure merging the State Board of Elections and the State Ethics Commission is on Thursday’s House calendar
Published: Saturday, April 8th, 2017 @ 7:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Health and Human Services Secretary nominee Dr. Mandy Cohen has a sterling pedigree with Ivy League credentials and a previous job at the highest level of federal health care
Published: Sunday, April 2nd, 2017 @ 11:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The separation-of-powers battle between Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and the Republican-led General Assembly won't end any time soon
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2017 @ 8:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper today announced four chairs of councils and commissions
Published: Tuesday, March 7th, 2017 @ 4:45 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Members of the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement met for the first time Friday after the N.C. Court of Appeals on Thursday afternoon temporarily reinstated legislation merging the State Board of Elections and the State Ethics Commission
Published: Thursday, February 23rd, 2017 @ 2:42 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Roy Cooper has filed an emergency motion with the state Supreme Court petitioning for reinstatement of a preliminary injunction or issuance of a stay blocking a Court of Appeals ruling to allow the merger of the state Board of Elections and Ethics Commission to proceed
Published: Monday, February 13th, 2017 @ 1:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The way the General Assembly confirms Cabinet appointees, by invoking the Senate's constitutional authority, will mirror methods used in other states
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2017 @ 10:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senators from both parties Wednesday cited the state Constitution and precedent in defending a law passed in December reducing the governor's number of political appointees and requiring confirmation of his Cabinet members
Published: Friday, January 13th, 2017 @ 10:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A three-judge Superior Court panel has blocked the overhaul of the State Board of Elections until the case can go to trial or unless a higher court overturns a preliminary injunction
Published: Sunday, January 8th, 2017 @ 6:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The House Elections Committee passed by a 20-8 vote Thursday night a bill that consolidates three state agencies into a new, bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement, makes Supreme Court races partisan contests, and amends the Court of Appeals decision-making process
Published: Friday, December 16th, 2016 @ 1:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It appears that Rep. Susi Hamilton of the NC House District 18, has violated the Ethical and Principle Guideline 7 of the NC Ethics Commission by using her official email and title as a North Carolina elected official to solicit funds for an outside entity
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 @ 11:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A recommendation that the state might impose ethics-related restrictions on secondary employment and corporate board memberships on the state treasurer - and possibly other Council of State officers - drew a mixed response from those officials
Published: Monday, October 10th, 2016 @ 1:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today...
Published: Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 @ 9:53 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory has signed the following bills into law.
Published: Wednesday, August 12th, 2015 @ 2:01 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Bob Stephens, chief legal counsel for Governor Pat McCrory released a statement following an ethics complaint filed today...
Published: Tuesday, January 13th, 2015 @ 4:22 pm
By: Chris Downey
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