After eight years as North Carolina’s chief executive, Gov. Roy Cooper is saying goodbye to the office. Cooper is returning home to Nash County Wednesday to deliver his farewell address.

Former Gov. Roy Cooper warned about potential cuts to programs like Medicaid after House Republicans passed a budget ...

On his last day in office on Tuesday, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, commuted the death sentences of 15 inmates to life in prison without the possibility of parole. One of the ...

On Monday, Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of six people in North Carolina prisons and granted pardons to nine others. The governor plans more clemency announcements before the end of the year.

Former Gov. Roy Cooper is taking a teaching role at Harvard University, he told McClatchy exclusively. The position will take Cooper away from North Carolina for eight weeks as speculation ...

Former Gov. Roy Cooper's administration never finished recovery efforts following storms from 2016 and 2018. Now state legislators seek to audit and shut down the agency in charge.

Despite all that, Cooper, 67, also had impressive victories, starting with his defeat of incumbent Gov. Pat McCrory in 2016 and his re-election in 2020, even as Republican presidential candidate ...

Gov. Roy Cooper returned to his home county of Nash to deliver a farewell address as he concludes his second term as North Carolina's 75th governor. According to the governor's office, this ...

In his final day in office, Governor Roy Cooper commuted the sentence of ... commuted to life without the possibility of parole: GOV. COOPER VISITS ASHEVILLE TO THANK HELENE RELIEF VOLUNTEERS ...

Gov. Roy Cooper speaks at the Executive Mansion on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C.