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.
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.
Joined by North Carolina teachers and citing concerns that the conference budget passed by the legislature shortchanges North Carolina’s public schools and economy, Governor Cooper announced today that he will veto the budget.
Stormberg Foods, LLC., a producer of meat protein snacks, will locate its first United States production facility in Wayne County, creating 60 jobs over three years, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company plans to invest $2.48 million in Goldsboro.