The North Carolina Senate has passed a pair of bills that are designed to overturn a law sponsored in the late 1990s by then- Sen. Roy Cooper, which doubled the mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses, Senate Republicans announced in a news release June 16.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has told organizers of the Republican National Convention, currently scheduled to start on Aug. 24 at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, that face coverings and social distancing efforts are required due ongoing COVID-19 concerns.
Gaston County Commissioners announced that they would sign an order reopening county businesses, despite North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper’s stay-at-home order — but warned that the governor's order supersedes the county’s.
Cal Cunningham is running a “people-powered campaign” as he runs for a seat in the North Carolina Senate, aiming to unseat incumbent Thom Tillis (R-NC) in November.
According to the North Carolina Department of Commerce, the 2019 filming season brought in more than $167 million in direct spending, which was more than television and film projects had spent in the state in the past five years, and created 11,820 job opportunities.
Attorneys for a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods addressed the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond last month, asking judges to reverse a multi-million dollar jury award issued to neighbors of a North Carolina hog farm.