Cooper, 67, will pass the baton off to fellow Democrat and governor-elect Josh Stein. Before serving as the top leader in the ...

Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters. During a news conference last year, there ...

Roy Cooper (D-North Carolina ... Last year, in the face of the public pressure that Cooper had built, the legislature finally relented. His smart advice to Democrats elsewhere: Stick to what ...