Press Releases

Months after the start of school, Republican legislative leaders are passing yet another sweeping corporate tax cut, but they still have not done anything to raise teacher pay.

After Governor Roy Cooper earlier proclaimed October as “Domestic Violence Awareness Month,” he today signed an Executive Directive to support survivors of domestic violence.

On Tuesday, Governor Roy Cooper announced the creation of the Governor’s Advisory Council on Film, Television and Digital Streaming, which will lead efforts to continue growing North Carolina’s successful film industry.

Governor Roy Cooper today noted that North Carolina’s infant deaths in 2018 reached their lowest rate in the 31 years they have been tracked, decreasing for a third straight year to 6.8 deaths per 1,000 live births down 4.2 percent from the previous year’s rate of 7.1 per 1000 live births.

Today, Governor Roy Cooper held a roundtable discussion with teachers and administrators at Dixon Elementary School in Onslow County.

Governor Cooper signed the following bills into law: 

Governor Cooper announced today that FEMA has approved his request to add 12 more counties to those eligible to receive reimbursements for Hurricane Dorian response and recovery expenses.

t’s been 100 days since Governor Roy Cooper and Democrats offered Republicans a balanced budget compromise.

Read the Governor’s Disaster Declaration 

Today the U.S. Small Business Administration granted Governor Cooper’s request for a disaster declaration for counties that suffered damages from Hurricane Dorian, making additional assistance available to residents there.