In one of his final acts in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of first-degree murder to life in prison without the possibility of parole on ...

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

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein announced measures to protect reproductive health care providers and patients via a new ...

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

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

Republicans are making a blatant grab for power. It's nothing new for North Carolina, but it's still despicable.

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 ...

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

Former U.S. Representative Dan Bishop has quietly ended his defamation case against Jeff Jackson’s campaign for attorney ...

Gov. Josh Stein (D-NC) governs over a state that has GOP majorities in both state houses and an abortion law that bans the ...

That is why Gov. Roy Cooper’s commutation of 15 death sentences to life without parole sentences bears great significance.

Stein was to deliver a speech on Saturday in Raleigh, instead of the originally scheduled swearing-in ceremony outside the ...