Cooper said North Carolina Republicans "took money out of western North Carolina" when they passed a Hurricane Helene relief bill last month. Legislators stripped the governor’s power to enhance ...

In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of first-degree murder to life in prison without the possibility of parole on ...

North Carolina’s hurricane homebuilding program is asking lawmakers for more than $200 million in new funding — a major new request by an embattled agency seeking to climb out of a massive deficit and ...

When former Governor Roy Cooper issued a final round of pardons and criminal sentencing commutations on New Year’s Eve, his ...

On his final day in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death row sentences of 15 people to life without parole. In a press release, Cooper said he reviewed the petitions for ...

Roy Cooper, standing in the Shenandoah County Library in Edinburg, looked down at a photo of himself — a young boy, no older ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks at a press briefing following a shooting that left five dead, including an off-duty police officer, on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, in Raleigh, N.C. In one of his ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday -- his last day in office -- that he has commuted the sentences of 15 people on death row. He also granted two other commutations and two ...

N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 North Carolinian inmates on death row to life without the possibility of parole on his last day in office Tuesday, the largest clemency action of ...

In one of his final acts in office, Gov. Roy Cooper granted clemency to 15 people on death row, forgave two people for their past crimes and made two others immediately eligible for parole.

Chip Roy headed to Mar-a-Lago to make peace. Roy was a rare House conservative who opposed efforts to overturn the 2020 ...