In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is leaving his job after eight years in which the southern Democrat picked his moments against ...

Democratic North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein issued an executive order Thursday that he believes will further protect ...

North Carolina's Democratic Gov. Josh Stein unveiled new measures on Thursday that extend state protections for certain ...

By Reid J. Epstein Reporting from Washington Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina is set to leave office on New Year’s Day after two terms that began with his effort to undo the state’s ...

One of the inmates receiving clemency had challenged his sentence under the groundbreaking Racial Justice Act of 2009. A ...

Gov. Roy Cooper is the first governor in the history of North Carolina’s modern death penalty to commute more than two death ...

Gov. Roy Cooper (D-North Carolina) the day after a hurricane on Sept. 6, 2019, in Wilmington, North Carolina. (Elijah Nouvelage for The Washington Post) When Roy Cooper was narrowly elected North ...

After eight years in office, the tenure of North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is coming to a close. Here’s coverage from The News & Observer that looks at the Democrat’s two terms and what’s next.

Republicans are refusing to accept North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs' narrow victory in November ...