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 ...

By Reid J. Epstein Reporting from Washington Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina is set to leave office on New Year’s Day after two terms that began with his effort to undo the state’s ...

Under the executive order, state Cabinet agencies are ordered not to cooperate with prosecution and penalties against health ...

Gov. Roy Cooper (D-North Carolina) the day after a hurricane on Sept. 6, 2019, in Wilmington, North Carolina. (Elijah Nouvelage for The Washington Post) When Roy Cooper was narrowly elected North ...

That is why Gov. Roy Cooper’s commutation of 15 death sentences to life without parole sentences bears great significance. Cooper is the first governor in the history of North Carolina’s modern death ...

Governor Josh Stein faces lawsuit over election board control, as legislature attempts to strip power from the governor.

Republicans are making a blatant grab for power. It's nothing new for North Carolina, but it's still despicable.

Republicans are refusing to accept North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs' narrow victory in November ...

Stein was to deliver a speech on Saturday in Raleigh, instead of the originally scheduled swearing-in ceremony outside the ...

In some of his first post-gubernatorial remarks on state politics, Roy Cooper condemned Judge Jefferson Griffin’s ongoing ...

The cancellations mark another setback for North Carolina inauguration ceremonies during the recent past. In 2017, ...

All in-person inaugural celebrations were postponed due to inclement weather conditions, as the Triangle saw its first ...