John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood and Senior Vice President Becki Gray assess Gov. Roy Cooper’s performance in guiding state government through the COVID-19 pandemic. Hood and Gray offered these comments during the May 22, 2020, edition of “NC SPIN.”
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