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North Carolina Gov. Cooper's second-term environmental secretary is leaving the job
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's environmental secretary for over three years is stepping down before Cooper's second term ends and is being replaced by a veteran state government administrator. Elizabeth Biser, who was named to the Cabinet secretary post by...
North Carolina lawmakers approve more voucher funds and order sheriffs to aid immigration agents
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Republican-dominated North Carolina legislature passed a supplemental spending bill Wednesday that eliminates a large waitlist for private school vouchers and also directs sheriffs to assist federal immigration agents seeking jail inmates. While Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper...
North Carolina GOP leaders reach spending deal to clear private school voucher waitlist
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's Republican House and Senate leaders said Friday that they have agreed with each other on a supplemental spending proposal that includes hundreds of millions of dollars to eliminate the state's waitlist for private school vouchers. The new...
GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina has a history of inflammatory words. It could cost Trump
COLFAX, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina conservatives who gathered recently over coffee and pancakes at the Olympic Family Restaurant to support Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson knew about some of the controversial things he has said previously, but they were inclined to be forgiving. ...
North Carolina's highest court won't fast-track appeals in governor's lawsuits
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court has decided it won’t fast-track appeals of results in two lawsuits initiated by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper that challenged new laws that eroded his power to choose members of several boards and commissions. The state Supreme...
North Carolina court says speedway can sue top health official over COVID-19 closure
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina racetrack shuttered briefly for defying state gathering limits during the pandemic can sue the top health regulator on allegations that Gov. Roy Cooper's administration violated the constitutional rights of its operators by trying to make an example out of...
The Latest: Kamala Harris accepts the Democratic presidential nomination
The Democratic National Convention's fourth and final night Thursday is crescendoing with a speech from Vice President Kamala Harris. After a week of Democrats’ most prominent figures rallying the party faithful, Harris has accepted her party’s nomination for president during a...
All qualifying North Carolina hospitals are joining debt-reduction effort, governor says
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — All qualifying North Carolina hospitals have agreed to participate in a first-of-its-kind initiative that will give them higher Medicaid payments if medical debt of low- and middle-income patients they hold is relieved and they carry out ways for future patients to avoid...
The Latest: Debby blamed for multiple deaths in Florida, Georgia, leaves thousands without power
High winds and heavy rains from Tropical Storm Debby lashed Florida on Monday. At least four deaths were reported in the state, and hundreds had to be rescued from flooded homes. The storm is now threatening to flood some of America’s most historic Southern cities. ...
Kamala Harris is interviewing six potential vice president picks this weekend, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is interviewing a half-dozen potential running mates this weekend ahead of a formal announcement and a battleground tour with her new No. 2 next week. Her interview list includes Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, J.B. Pritzker of...
