Press Releases

Governor Roy Cooper released the following comment after a new federal government commission requested that states turn over names, birth dates and social security information for voters: 

Today, Governor Cooper vetoed House Bill 576, An Act to (1) Require the Department of Environmental Quality to Approve Aerosolization of Leachate and Wastewater from a Lined Sanitary Landfill for the Disposal of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill, in Certain Circumstances...

Governor Roy Cooper today signed House Bill 243, the STOP Act, into law in a ceremony at the North Carolina State Capitol. 

Today, Governor Cooper’s office and Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Secretary Larry Hall responded to the legislature’s decision not to provide funding for the Eastern Carolina Veterans’ Cemetery. Instead, legislators directed Secretary Hall to keep all veterans’ cemeteries open, but did not provide any funding to do so.

Today, Governor Cooper signed the following bills into law: 

Governor Cooper released the following statement on the override of his budget veto:

Nonprofits operating in 13 hard-hit North Carolina counties will get $810,000 to help volunteers rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane Matthew, Governor Roy Cooper said today during a visit to Robeson and Columbus counties.

Today, Governor Cooper returned a veto of Senate Bill 257 to the legislature with the following attached message:

Governor Roy Cooper today kicked off the Opioid Misuse and Overdose Prevention Summit and announced North Carolina’s Opioid Action Plan.

More than 1.3 million North Carolinians stand to lose health care coverage by 2026 under the proposed Senate health care bill, according to a new analysis of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) coverage estimates.