SUPPLY, N.C. — A day after confirming he wouldn’t be a candidate for Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said Tuesday at a public event that he’s excited that Democrats “have a lot of great options for her to choose from.”
North Carolina
No. 1 Purdue headlines AP Top 25; Miami leaps, North Carolina returns
Purdue remained atop The Related Press High 25 males’s faculty basketball ballot for a 3rd straight week, whereas preseason No. 1 North Carolina returned to the rankings and New Mexico cracked the ballot for the primary time in eight years.
The Boilermakers earned 40 of 60 first-place votes in Monday’s newest ballot, whereas fellow unbeaten Connecticut earned the opposite 20 to sit down at No. 2 in an unchanged high.
Purdue had by no means been ranked No. 1 earlier than a one-week keep there final December, and was unranked to start out the season. However the Boilermakers made a fast rise from No. 24 to No. 5 in a one-week span in late November, then climbed to No. 1 on Dec. 12.
The Boilermakers’ win towards New Orleans final week marked their first dwelling sport with that No. 1 rating.
“We’ve not had any handouts. We’ve needed to work for every little thing,” coach Matt Painter mentioned afterward, including: “However we’ve earned it. however we’ve obtained to maintain incomes it. This isn’t the season. That is only a third of the season.”
The highest tier
No. 3 Houston, No. 4 Kansas and No. 5 Arizona held their positions as the highest 5 remained in place for a second straight week.
Texas was subsequent at No. 6, adopted by Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas and Gonzaga – the preseason alternative at No. 2 that returned to the highest 10 after sliding as little as No. 18 earlier this month.
Tar Heels return
North Carolina is again within the ballot at No. 25 after a tumultuous opening to the season.
Returning 4 starters from final 12 months’s surprising run to the NCAA title sport, the Tar Heels began December by changing into solely the sixth group to go from preseason No. 1 to unranked since at the least the 1961-62 season. That got here after a run of 4 straight losses.
However UNC has gained 4 straight since, the previous two coming towards Massive Ten groups — Ohio State on Dec. 17 and Michigan final week — to regroup.
Rising
Miami had the week’s greatest soar after a win towards Virginia, climbing eight spots to No. 14 for its highest rating because the 2017-18 season. No. 20 Auburn rose three spots. In all, 10 groups moved up from final week.
Sliding
Virginia took the week’s greatest tumble, falling seven spots to No. 13. Mississippi State was shut behind, falling six spots to No. 21. Duke was the one different group to slip, falling three spots to No. 17.
Welcome
Xavier and New Mexico are tied at No. 22, whereas No. 24 West Virginia joined them in new additions to the ballot this season. For the Lobos, it marks the primary time they’ve cracked the AP High 25 since March 2014.
Related Press High 25
Document | Pts | Prv | |
1. Purdue (40) | 12-0 | 1478 | 1 |
2. UConn (20) | 13-0 | 1459 | 2 |
3. Houston | 12-1 | 1351 | 3 |
4. Kansas | 11-1 | 1299 | 4 |
5. Arizona | 12-1 | 1274 | 5 |
6. Texas | 10-1 | 1144 | 7 |
7. Tennessee | 10-2 | 1068 | 8 |
8. Alabama | 10-2 | 1067 | 9 |
9. Arkansas | 11-1 | 1017 | 10 |
10. Gonzaga | 10-3 | 940 | 11 |
11. UCLA | 11-2 | 906 | 13 |
12. Baylor | 9-2 | 888 | 12 |
13. Virginia | 8-2 | 861 | 6 |
14. Miami | 12-1 | 658 | 22 |
15. Wisconsin | 9-2 | 570 | 17 |
16. Indiana | 10-3 | 513 | 18 |
17. Duke | 10-3 | 500 | 14 |
18. TCU | 10-1 | 480 | 20 |
19. Kentucky | 8-3 | 439 | 19 |
20. Auburn | 10-2 | 237 | 23 |
21. Mississippi State | 11-1 | 215 | 15 |
22. New Mexico | 12-0 | 147 | – |
22. Xavier | 10-3 | 147 | – |
24. West Virginia | 10-2 | 126 | – |
25. North Carolina | 9-4 | 112 | – |
Others receiving votes: Coll of Charleston 102, Maryland 87, Memphis 74, Illinois 65, Ohio State 59, Missouri 57, Virginia Tech 57, San Diego State 39, Iowa State 19, Marquette 12, Texas Tech 10, Michigan State 7, Windfall 6, Kansas State 5, Southern Cal 4, San Francisco 1.
North Carolina
North Carolina's GOP-controlled House overrides Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Republican-led House quickly overrode three of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes on Wednesday.
The House votes, largely along party lines, sent the overrides to the Senate, which does not meet this week. Veto overrides require supermajorities from both legislative chambers to become law. Since gaining supermajorities last year, GOP lawmakers have blocked all of Cooper’s vetoes.
The first bill allows the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles to issue title certificates for all-terrain and utility vehicles, and expands the types of roads accessible for modified utility vehicles to include all roads with speed limits of 55 mph or less. Cooper said in his veto statement that the law would endanger people on state highways because off-road vehicles don’t have as many safety features.
The second piece of legislation changes several laws involving tenancy, notaries and small claims court. What mostly prompted Cooper’s veto was a prohibition against local ordinances that aim to stop landlords from denying tenancy to people whose rent money comes mostly from federal housing assistance programs.
The last bill, among other things, blocks state agencies from taking payments in central bank digital currency, which is similar to cryptocurrencies, but with value determined by a country’s central bank. In the U.S., the Federal Reserve would be liable for the currency’s value, and the agency is still studying whether it can manage its risks to the cost and availability of credit, the safety and stability of the financial system, and the efficacy of monetary policy.
Cooper called the legislation “premature, vague and reactionary,” and urged the Legislature to wait to see how it works before passing laws to restrict it.
There are two more vetoes that still require action from both chambers. Lawmakers are scheduled to reconvene in early September.
North Carolina
Most NC schools don’t have carbon monoxide detectors in classrooms
Thousands of school buildings in North Carolina, including many in Wake County, do not have carbon monoxide detectors.
On Wednesday, state schools leaders will look at how to address that. Talks are happening inside the state education building about ways to keep your student safe.
On Wednesday, we’ll get a breakdown of what it would take to install carbon monoxide detectors in schools.
State education leaders will be reviewing a report Wednesday afternoon. It shows most North Carolina schools don’t have them.
In Wake County, about 200 school buildings don’t have the devices. That’s more than a third of school buildings in the county. It would cost about $2.1 million to get them installed. It would cost $40 million to install them in schools across the state.
Nikki James Zellner with CO Safe Schools said not having these detectors puts children at risk.
“We think that we’re protected when we’re going into these establishments,” she said. “We think that our children are protected, but in reality, we’re relying on institutional standards that haven’t really been updated in a significant amount of time.”
North Carolina
North Carolina governor says Harris 'has a lot of great options' for running mate
Cooper, barred by term limits from seeking reelection this year, had been among roughly a dozen potential contenders that Harris’ team was initially looking at for a vice presidential pick. He’s been a surrogate for President Joe Biden’s reelection bid and now for Harris.
“I am going to work every day to see that she is elected,” Cooper told WECT-TV. “I believe that she will win, and I look forward to this campaign because she has the right message and she is the right person for this country.”
In making his decision, Cooper confirmed Tuesday that he was concerned in part about what Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson could do if he left the state to campaign as part of the Democratic ticket. The state constitution says that “during the absence of the Governor from the State … the Lieutenant Governor shall be Acting Governor.” Robinson is running for governor this fall.
“We had concerns that he would try to seize the limelight because there would be a lot, if I were the vice presidential candidate, on him, and that would be a real distraction to the presidential campaign,” Cooper said.
Cooper pointed to when he traveled to Japan last fall on an economic development trip. As acting governor at the time, Robinson held a news conference during his absence to announce he had issued a “NC Solidarity with Israel Week” proclamation after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack inside the country.
Cooper also said Tuesday that he informed Harris’ campaign “early in the process” that he would not be a candidate, but that he didn’t reveal publicly that decision at first so as not to dampen enthusiasm for Harris within the party.
“My name had already been prominently put into the media and so I did not want to cause any problems for her or to slow her great momentum,” he told WRAL-TV while in Supply, located about 160 miles (258 kilometers) south of Raleigh. Cooper said he announced his decision when “there had begun to be a lot of speculation about the fact that I was not going to be in the pool of candidates, and in order to avoid the distraction of the speculation.”
Tuesday’s event at Green Swamp Preserve celebrated a $421 million grant for projects in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Maryland to reduce climate pollution. The money will be used to preserve, enhance or restore coastal habitats, forests and farmland, Cooper’s office said.
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