Gov Roy Cooper promoted his first State of the State speech as an effort to find common ground with the legislature Meanwhile Senate leader Phil Berger's response to Cooper blamed the governor for sabotaging efforts to reach common ground on the high-profile issue of House Bill Rick Henderson Carolina journal editor-in-chief assesses the significance of Cooper's first primetime address as the state's top chief executive Those who want to shift nonviolent - and -year-old criminal offenders from North Carolina's adult court system to the juvenile system are making another push toward that goal this year The Raise the Age campaign
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