RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Latest on the ongoing power struggle between new North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican legislators over confirming cabinet appointees (all times local):
3:15 p.m.
The Republican-dominated North Carolina Senate is close to approving one of new Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s picks to run a state agency.
Military & Veterans Affairs Secretary Larry Hall on Thursday won approval from two committees after the first confirmation hearing in living memory for a member of any governor’s cabinet.
Hall’s confirmation needs only a vote by the full Senate on Monday approval unless courts knock down the law. Hall had skipped three previous hearings.
Hall’s earlier no-shows were part of Gov. Roy Cooper’s resistance to a new law passed by GOP legislators that requires his Cabinet appointments to win Senate approval. It’s one of a series of measures Republicans have taken to drain Cooper’s powers.
A three-judge panel next week considers whether the law is constitutional.
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1:20 p.m.
A Republican-dominated Senate committee is approving one of new Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s picks to run a state agency after the first confirmation hearing in living memory for a member of any governor’s cabinet.
Military & Veterans Affairs Secretary Larry Hall won committee approval Thursday after he obeyed a subpoena demanding his attendance. He had skipped three previous hearings.
Hall’s earlier no-shows were part of Gov. Roy Cooper’s resistance to a new law passed by GOP legislators that requires his Cabinet appointments to win Senate approval. It’s one of a series of measures Republicans have taken to drain Cooper’s powers.
A three-judge panel next week considers whether the law is constitutional.
Hall’s confirmation faces two more levels of Senate approval unless courts knock down the law.
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