North Carolina Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper gave his fourth and final State of the State address Monday night to what appeared to be, at times, a divided room between Democrats and Republicans.
After two years of stalemate with the General Assembly, Gov. Roy Cooper used his “State of the State” address to pressure lawmakers to embrace his priorities — expanding Medicaid and dramatically increasing state spending. Cooper, a Democrat, touted his administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and took credit for keeping hospitals from being overwhelmed. Moving...
Gov. Roy Cooper’s second State of the State address included plenty of proposals liberals and Democrats cheered. But Republicans and conservatives, who dominate the General Assembly that would put these policies into effect, aren’t likely to embrace many of them. The governor’s speech focused on rural economic development, along with higher spending for traditional public...
RALEIGH — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper sought common ground during his first State of the State address to the Republican-controlled General Assembly on Monday night. While the governor’s 37-and-a-half-minute speech asked lawmakers for cooperation with his plans to improve education, recruit jobs, fight the opioid crisis, and help those still affected by Hurricane Matthew, Republicans used their...
Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.” — Voltaire (1763) Pondering Voltaire’s aphorism, politically astute North Carolinians would consider Gov. Mike Easley the perfect embodiment of hypocrisy. What you see, or in Easley’s case, what you hear, is definitely not what you are likely to get.
