Press Releases

In a letter last week to State Board of Education Chairman Eric Davis, Gov. Cooper reiterated his opposition to the Innovative School District, or ISD, and asked that the Board prioritize in its short session budget request the supports needed to help North Carolina’s lowest performing schools improve.

Republicans leading today’s ACP meeting claimed that this whole event was happening because of “obfuscation.”

Governor Roy Cooper called on legislators to stand with him and North Carolina’s teachers to demand negotiations on a real pay raise for all educators on the state payroll.

Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed Senate Bill 199, a bill to modernize sexual abuse laws as well as strengthen enforcement and protection for children who have been abused, into law.

Today, Governor Cooper signed six bills into law. 

Yesterday, the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) released four signed statements and six transcripts in full of interviews between employees and “investigators” hired by the legislature to look into the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and permitting process.

Today, Governor Cooper announced new appointments to boards and commissions across the state.

Governor Roy Cooper today announced that NC Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Todd Hunt will take command of the North Carolina National Guard's nearly 12,000 soldiers and airmen and over 1,700 full-time federal and state employees as the state's 41st Adjutant General.

Governor Cooper signed four bills into law: