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Cleveland Browns wide receiver Amari Cooper looks on before an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Bills acquire receiver Cooper from Browns, giving QB Allen a much-needed playmaker

By John Wawrow and Tom Withers - Associated Press

This photo provided by the North Carolina Department of Transportation shows the collapsed eastbound lane of I-40 into the Pigeon River in North Carolina near the Tennessee border on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (N.C. Department of Transportation via AP)

Biden promises feds will pay for 100% of N.C. recovery costs

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper speaks at a news conference, Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)

N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper declines to be considered as Harris’ running mate

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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks at a campaign rally for President Joe Biden, Friday, June 28, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

New Democratic ticket? Gov. Roy Cooper joins VP Kamala Harris at a campaign stop in N.C.

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks, May 2, 2024, in Wilmington, N.C.Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday, June 21, 2024, vetoed North Carolina's masking bill that previously removed a pandemic-era exemption that allowed people to mask in public for health reasons. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)

North Carolina governor vetoes masks bill largely due to provision about campaign finance

By Makiya Seminera - Associated Press

Pedestrians walk past the Nasdaq building as the stock price of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. is displayed on screens, March 26, 2024, in New York. On Friday, May 3, Trump Media and Technology Group, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, fired BF Borgers, an auditor that federal regulators recently charged with “massive fraud.” (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Trump Media fires auditing firm that U.S. regulators have charged with ‘massive fraud’

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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, left, answers questions at a news conference in which he declared a state of emergency for North Carolina, March 10, 2020. Cooper’s decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic that resulted in bars being shuttered or severely restricted while restaurants that served alcohol could reopen were "illogical" and don't appear justified by evidence, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (Julia Wall/The News & Observer via AP, File)

Governor’s ‘illogical’ pandemic rules for bars violated N.C. Constitution, appeals court rules

By Gary D. Robertson - Associated Press

Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks at a primary election night party in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)

North Carolina judges block elections board changes pushed by Republicans that weaken governor

By Gary D. Robertson - Associated Press

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, left, and Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure speaks to reporters after an event at Martin Street Baptist Church in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. Brooks-LaSure and Cooper discussed the recent expansion of Medicaid in North Carolina and efforts to enroll residents in subsidized health insurance through the online marketplace (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)

Roy Cooper, Medicaid leader push insurance enrollment as North Carolina Medicaid expansion grows

By Gary D. Robertson - Associated Press

North Carolina trial judges block election board changes made by Republican legislature

By Gary D. Robertson - Associated Press

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper speaks March 27, 2023, outside the Executive Mansion in Raleigh, N.C., before signing a Medicaid expansion law that was a decade in the making. Cooper announced Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, that he would let the state budget bill that's reached his desk become law without his signature, opening the way for Medicaid coverage for 600,000 low-income adults, with some receiving the government health insurance soon. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum, File)

North Carolina governor uses Medicaid expansion to slam Trump

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper speaks to reporters after a Council of State meeting at the state transportation building in Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Cooper spoke about delays in the state budget that can now be attributed to a standoff between House and Senate Republicans over whether to insert gambling expansion provisions within the legislation. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)

North Carolina Gov. Cooper vetoes two more bills, but budget still on track to become law Tuesday

By Gary D. Robertson - Associated Press

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper speaks March 27, 2023, outside the Executive Mansion in Raleigh, N.C., before signing a Medicaid expansion law that was a decade in the making. Cooper announced Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, that he would let the state budget bill that's reached his desk become law without his signature, opening the way for Medicaid coverage for 600,000 low-income adults, with some receiving the government health insurance soon. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum, File)

North Carolina governor vetoes bill that would take away his control over election boards

By Gary D. Robertson - Associated Press

Republican North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger speaks to reporters about the state budget, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, on the Senate floor in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)

Medicaid expansion to begin soon in North Carolina as governor decides to let budget bill become law

By Gary D. Robertson - Associated Press

North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, speaks to reporters while Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, listens at the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. Moore and Berger announced that Republican legislative leaders were ditching efforts this year to dramatically multiply legal gambling in the state and that instead, they would pass a final budget that also will trigger Medicaid coverage to begin for hundreds of thousands of adults. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)

Voting for long-delayed budget begins in North Carolina Legislature

By Gary D. Robertson - Associated Press

North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, speaks with reporters on the House floor of the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Moore talked about a private meeting of House Republicans earlier Tuesday in which he said they spoke about potential state budget provisions to expand gambling in the state. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson).

Latest maneuvering on North Carolina budget, casinos could end with Medicaid expansion going down

By Gary D. Robertson - Associated Press

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks with reporters after the Council of State meeting at the Department of Transportation headquarters in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. Cooper said he's not convinced that details within a tax-cut agreement reached between Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore will protect the state from revenue shortfalls, (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)

North Carolina Gov. Cooper endorses fellow Democrat Josh Stein to succeed him

By Gary D. Robertson - Associated Press

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper speaks with reporters after the Council of State meeting at the Department of Transportation headquarters in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. Cooper said he's not convinced that details within a tax-cut agreement reached between Senate leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore will protect the state from revenue shortfalls, (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)

North Carolina’s governor visits rural areas to promote Medicaid expansion delayed by budget wait

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North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper affixes his veto stamp to a bill banning nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy at a public rally, May 13, 2023, in Raleigh, N.C. On Wednesday, July 5, Cooper vetoed a trio of bills aimed at LGBTQ+ youth that would ban gender-affirming health care for minors, restrict transgender participation in school sports and limit classroom instruction about gender identity and sexuality. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum, File)

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper tests positive for COVID-19 and will work remotely

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North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper affixes his veto stamp to a bill banning nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy at a public rally, May 13, 2023, in Raleigh, N.C. On Wednesday, July 5, Cooper vetoed a trio of bills aimed at LGBTQ+ youth that would ban gender-affirming health care for minors, restrict transgender participation in school sports and limit classroom instruction about gender identity and sexuality. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum, File)

North Carolina governor vetoes trio of LGBTQ+ restrictions in ongoing fight with GOP supermajority

By Hannah Schoenbaum - Associated Press