RALEIGH — The lawsuit over a power struggle between Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and the Republican-led General Assembly turned into a legal quarrel at a Tuesday hearing, with one of the three judges assigned to the case repeatedly peppering defense attorneys about timing. The three Superior Court judges — Jesse Caldwell of Gaston County, Todd Burke of...
This story was updated at 1:50 p.m. Wednesday to include information released in a statement by Sen. Wesley Meredith, R-Cumberland, co-chair of the Senate Commerce and Insurance Committee. RALEIGH — A three-judge Superior Court panel has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the state Senate from conducting confirmation hearings of Gov. Roy Cooper’s Cabinet appointees. Superior Court...
UPDATE, Tuesday 7 a.m. Gov. Cooper filed a request in Superior Court for a temporary restraining order to halt the confirmation of his Cabinet appointees until the litigation is complete. WRAL reports a hearing on that request could take place today. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has asked Republican Senate leaders to delay confirmation hearings on...
RALEIGH — Senate leader Phil Berger on Thursday said senators are “close” to finalizing the procedure for confirmation of Gov. Roy Cooper’s Cabinet officers. Lawmakers may announce the process next week. “We’re pretty close, but I just want to make sure that we’ve thought through some things and we’ve talked to our members about it...
RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper has selected Tony Copeland for secretary of commerce and Machelle Sanders for secretary of administration. Copeland has experience in both the public and private sectors, according to a news release from Cooper’s office. As assistant secretary of commerce, Copeland helped recruit nearly $12 billion in investment and create 100,000 jobs...
Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday announced his first two Cabinet selections. Cooper tapped Michael Regan to be his environmental quality secretary and Jim Trogdon to be his Transportation secretary. Regan founded M. Regan & Associates in September 2016. Before that, he was with the Environmental Defense Fund in Raleigh for seven years, serving as associate vice president for U.S. climate and energy and...
Condoleeza Rice seems likely to replace Colin Powell as President Bush's Secretary of State — a move that has implications for policy and politics in the coming years.
