Roy Cooper

Formal announcements are made in the race for N.C. Senate, Republicans override several of Gov. Stein’s vetoes with the help of local Democrats, and the National Transportation Safety Board investigates an accident on Interstate 485 that left six dead.

In North Carolina, Trump's "big, beautiful bill" is likely to have a big impact on everything from Medicaid expansion and food stamps to the 2026 Senate election and state politics. NC Newsroom's Adam Wagner joined WFAE's Marshall Terry to discuss.

Former Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, is “strongly considering” a run for the U.S. Senate in 2026, according to his top political advisor. The statement comes after Republican Sen. Thom Tillis said he would not seek re-election.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper rallied an enthusiastic crowd of Democrats for Kamala Harris on Thursday. He also addressed speculation he could be picked as her running mate.

Now that Gov. Roy Cooper has checked expanding Medicaid off his gubernatorial to-do list, he has shifted his health care focus to the needs of North Carolina’s most vulnerable — the young, the old and the disabled — in his proposed spending plan for the coming fiscal year.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visited Gaston County Thursday to highlight the Biden administration's efforts to rebuild U.S. manufacturing, shift to climate-friendly energy and bring jobs to underserved and rural areas.

It’s time for a fact-check of North Carolina politics. And this week we are looking at an ad attacking Gov. Roy Cooper.

Gov. Roy Cooper says he's disappointed with the federal government's decision to exclude two sites off North Carolina from a new round of offshore wind leasing areas.

Congress gave the $6.6 billion Mountain Valley Pipeline the go-ahead last month to complete construction as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling. But that hasn't ended the fight over the 304-mile pipeline that would carry fracked gas from West Virginia to Virginia — and by extension, possibly into central North Carolina.

Republican leaders at the North Carolina General Assembly said this week that they'll take a break until Aug. 7. That means no votes on bills, no overrides of vetoes by Gov. Roy Cooper, and no vote on a $30 billion state budget for the fiscal year that began three weeks ago. To find out what's going on in Raleigh, WFAE's David Boraks talked with Colin Campbell, the Capitol bureau chief at WUNC.