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 ...

After eight years in office, the tenure of North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is coming to a close. Here’s coverage from The News & Observer that looks at the Democrat’s two terms and what’s next.

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 ...

Roy Cooper, referring to Griffin and fellow Republicans, "there will be copycat lawsuits across this country for races where ...

That is why Gov. Roy Cooper’s commutation of 15 death sentences to life without parole sentences bears great significance.

Democratic North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein issued an executive order Thursday that he believes will further protect ...

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein announced measures to protect reproductive health care providers and patients via a new ...

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

Gov. Josh Stein (D-NC) governs over a state that has GOP majorities in both state houses and an abortion law that bans the ...

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