A Winston-Salem family is speaking out after the man convicted in their loved one’s case 25 years ago was on that list and ...

North Carolina's latest Democratic governor was sworn in to office on Wednesday, as Josh Stein succeeded Roy Cooper once ...

North Carolina will celebrate the arrival of its 76th governor on Jan. 11, when Josh Stein takes a ceremonial oath of office ...

Governor Roy Cooper commuted the sentences of 15 death row inmates in North Carolina on his last day in office.

As the Cooper administration transitions to the Stein administration, leadership changes are happening across state cabinets ...

In his final day in office, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday changed the justice resolved through legal prosecutions ...

Cooper's decision to commute the 15 inmates' sentences marks the largest clemency action of its kind in North Carolina.

Roy Cooper is no stranger to politics. Born and raised in North Carolina, Cooper got his start in public service with the NC ...

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

One of Roy Cooper’s final acts as governor was to commute the sentences of 15 death row inmates. They will remain in prison ...