The Republican-controlled North Carolina state Senate overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s (D-NC) veto on a bill that would strip executive power from the state’s newly elected Democrats and give it to state legislators.

Along party lines, the GOP-dominated state Senate voted successfully to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill that in part would weaken Gov.-elect Josh Stein, the next attorney general in Jeff Jackson and other Democrats also elected in November as lieutenant governor and schools superintendent.

North Carolina Senate Republicans on Monday voted to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s recent veto of a Republican-passed bill designed to strip away power from the newly-elected

Through flaring tempers and small outbursts inside the chambers of the General Assembly the NC Senate has officially overridden the veto of Senate Bill 832 on Monday. Now, the bill goes to House for final approval.

Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed Republican-backed legislation that weakens the powers of several Democrats slated to hold statewide offices next year

Senate Bill 382 located an additional $252 million for Hurricane Helene relief, adding to the over $900 million that lawmakers had already set aside or started spending.

North Carolina legislative Republicans are closing in on enacting a measure that would erode powers of the incoming governor and other statewide Democratic officials who got elected last month