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The face of North Carolina’s coronavirus response, Dr. Mandy Cohen, has resigned her position as secretary of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.
Published: Monday, December 13th, 2021 @ 3:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced new appointments and nominations to boards and commissions across North Carolina.
Published: Friday, April 16th, 2021 @ 9:48 am
By: Governor's Office
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More than one N.C. political battle in recent years has generated a court case titled Cooper v. Berger.
Published: Wednesday, November 11th, 2020 @ 12:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Few people want to spend time these days debating the finer points of constitutional law and government’s separation of powers.
Published: Wednesday, March 25th, 2020 @ 9:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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If party labels tell the story, Chief Justice Mark Martin could end up on the losing end of a lot of N.C. Supreme Court decisions this year.
Published: Thursday, January 24th, 2019 @ 6:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Much recent political commentary about North Carolina's Supreme Court focuses on the 5-2 majority that Democrats will gain in January
Published: Friday, December 28th, 2018 @ 10:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Supreme Court Friday closed one chapter in a two-year legal battle between Gov. Roy Cooper and the Republican-led General Assembly. The legislature prevailed
Published: Thursday, December 27th, 2018 @ 10:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper wasted no time responding to his latest courtroom loss. “With the makeup of this three-judge panel, we fully expected this result,” Cooper said, within minutes of learning last week about the N.C. Court of Appeals opinion
Published: Thursday, November 23rd, 2017 @ 11:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has upheld a state law giving the Senate the authority to provide “advice and consent” on Gov. Roy Cooper’s Cabinet appointments
Published: Friday, November 10th, 2017 @ 3:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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History suggests the 2018 congressional elections won't be kind to Republicans
Published: Friday, September 1st, 2017 @ 4:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper is determined to break the Republican supermajority in the General Assembly, and he's trying to raise as much money as possible to do it
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2017 @ 5:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper is determined to break the Republican supermajority in the General Assembly, and he's trying to raise as much money as possible to do it
Published: Thursday, July 20th, 2017 @ 9:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Thursday, April 20th, 2017 @ 1:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper today announced leaders for the departments of Revenue and Information Technology.
Published: Sunday, April 9th, 2017 @ 5:53 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Ron Penny's first job after college was in the state Department of Revenue mailroom. On Friday Gov. Roy Cooper named him secretary of revenue, a post in which he will manage state tax collections
Published: Saturday, April 8th, 2017 @ 4:32 pm
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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A recent issue of Raleigh’s News & Observer featured an opinion-page piece titled “Keep politics off the bench.” It started with one of the silliest declarations one could find in an op-ed attempting to make a serious argument
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 @ 5:57 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An empty chair was pulled up to a scuffed table, upon which rested a tablet, a pencil, and a name card for "Larry Hall."
Published: Friday, February 10th, 2017 @ 7:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Divided government has its benefits. North Carolina voters and taxpayers are seeing some of those benefits on display now on Jones Street in Raleigh
Published: Thursday, February 9th, 2017 @ 7:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday morning, hours before the North Carolina legislature began their long session, newly installed Governor Roy Cooper released a blog entry where he attempted to generate enthusiasm with the public about his agenda
Published: Saturday, January 28th, 2017 @ 2:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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Opening day of the 2017-18 General Assembly was filled with warm greetings, friendly exchanges, and promises of compromise. After a short break, lawmakers have returned to get down to the real work of the session
Published: Tuesday, January 24th, 2017 @ 3:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper made two more appointments Friday and said he’s talking with legislative leaders in an effort to ease the confirmation process
Published: Wednesday, January 18th, 2017 @ 7:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper has hired an expert in public policy to serve as Policy Director and named two veteran state government employees to posts in the Governor's Office as he continued to fill his state team Tuesday
Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2017 @ 12:21 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper’s decision to wait to announce his cabinet appointments until after his swearing in is highly unusual as reported in this recent Civitas article
Published: Thursday, January 5th, 2017 @ 10:00 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Gov. Pat McCrory has nearly 30 days to decide what to do with House Bill 17, which would remove some appointment powers from Democratic Gov.-elect Roy Cooper
Published: Monday, December 19th, 2016 @ 5:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Well before Gov. Pat McCrory was sworn into office, the leftist mainstream press battered him for not being bipartisan enough.
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2013 @ 3:20 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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Appoints Brigadier General Anthony Tata (U.S. Army, Ret.) as Secretary of Transportation; Sharon Decker as Secretary of Commerce; Bill Daughtridge as Secretary of Administration; Neal Alexander as Director of the State Office of Personnel
Published: Friday, January 4th, 2013 @ 12:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Further announcements regarding additional appointments in the McCrory Administration will continue to be made in the weeks ahead leading up to the January 5th swearing-in ceremony.
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2012 @ 6:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A lot of folks keep accusing our chief community organizer of not being much of a manager; after all, he really never had much (if any) exposure to management prior to getting himself elected president.
Published: Sunday, June 26th, 2011 @ 10:08 am
By: Jim Bispo
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