North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper leaves his job next week after eight years. It's a span in which the southern Democrat picked ...

Roy Cooper oversaw a booming state economy in his eight years in office, but some of the biggest jobs projects have yet to ...

N.C. Gov. Cooper has spent his time in office grappling with environmental issues from hurricanes to forever chemical ...

As Governor Roy Cooper prepares to depart the Executive Mansion, criminal justice advocates are urging him to make use of his ...

Dwight Jordan was 18 at the time of his conviction for murder, and his commuted sentence makes him eligible for parole.

The Democratic governor has a storied career in NC politics and now he is finishing out his second term as governor. Here's ...

Gov. Roy Cooper issued a pardon of forgiveness to a Haywood County man convicted of multiple misdemeanor crimes in 2011.

NC Governor Cooper and Governor-elect Stein file a lawsuit challenging GOP changes to the State Board of Elections ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has issued a statement following a shooting at the Food Lion grocery store involving a ...

Wanda Bertram, a spokesperson for the Prison Policy Initiative, a think tank that wants Cooper to commute all death sentences ...

Several more top lieutenants of outgoing North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper have agreed to work for fellow Democrat and successor ...

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.