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Cooper, state appeal appointments lawsuit ruling upholding 5 of 7 targeted boards

Gov. Roy Cooper and lawyers representing state government’s executive branch are appealing a February court ruling upholding appointments to five of seven state boards Cooper targeted in a lawsuit. State legislative leaders also have appealed the ruling.

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Cooper calls for moratorium on Opportunity Scholarships as demand surges among NC families

Gov. Roy Cooper called for a moratorium on spending on the Opportunity Scholarship Program during a meeting of the State Board of Education on March 7, even as demand for the voucher program more than doubled this year. “Most private schools are not better than our public schools,” said Cooper, a Democrat. “[This] is a...

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Judges reject injunction in Cooper v Berger appointments fight

A three-judge panel has denied Gov. Roy Cooper’s request for an injunction blocking recent actions from the state Environmental Management Commission. The panel made that unanimous decision Friday after a nearly three-hour hearing in a lawsuit pitting Cooper against Republican legislative leaders. The decision also dissolved a temporary restraining order against the EMC that had remained in effect for a month.

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Cooper Math: Governor’s anti-scholarship tour fact-checked by education expert

Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper hit the road in February on a campaign in eastern North Carolina to blast Opportunity Scholarships, the state’s voucher program that provides a pathway to a private school education for tens of thousands of families across the state. The governor’s office claims that vouchers will have a draconian impact on local...

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Budd, Bishop cry foul over White House statement on border security

The White House announced that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would soon have to cut back operations at the southern border due to the Senate’s failure to pass a border bill, which also included billions in aid to Israel, Taiwan, and Ukraine, and that has many including U.S. Sen. Ted Budd, R-NC and Congressman Dan Bishop, R, NC-08 crying foul.

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Cooper, Stein jump into redistricting legal fight again

Gov. Roy Cooper and state Attorney General Josh Stein hope to sway a federal Appeals Court to rule against Republican state legislators in a battle over North Carolina’s new state Senate election map. Cooper and Stein, both Democrats, filed a brief Monday evening with the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals. Legislative leaders and plaintiffs challenging the Senate map filed their own briefs several hours later.

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COVID protester defends federal lawsuit against multiple motions to dismiss

A High Point woman used court filings this week to defend her federal lawsuit challenging her arrest during a 2020 protest of Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-related shutdown orders. Monica Ussery's lawyers filed three separate documents Wednesday in US District Court. Ussery responded to multiple motions to dismiss her case.

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