Veto power allowed Cooper to play a key role in budget negotiations. The legislature and Cooper failed to agree on a state ...

Wall Street investors are bracing for a battle over Trump policies and plans that risk ballooning the U.S. debt load.

Nevada Democrats still hold the power in the state Legislature but have fallen short of winning a two-thirds supermajority in ...

Republicans believe a strong Donald Trump victory would ensure that Gov. Joe Lombardo could keep overriding Democratic ...

In some cases, early results show Republicans broke up Democratic trifectas, in which one party controls both legislative chambers and the governorship. Those flips could create less left-leaning ...

Or if Democrats wrest control of the House, it would provide an almost certain backstop, with veto power over the White House ...

And those results came as voters elected Attorney General Josh Stein as governor, keeping the veto power for Democrats.

Since 2023, Republicans have held supermajorities in the House and Senate. This election changed that in one of the chambers.

Passage of a ballot referendum in 1995 enabled the governor to have veto power; North Carolina was the last state in the country to be granted ability to veto. The General Assembly can override ...

Laredo's mayor declined to veto salary adjustments for city councilmembers but pledged to bring the issue back as an official ...

So to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes, all GOP members need to be present to vote unless Democrats side with the ...

President-elect Donald Trump could face a surprising check on power in his second term, even as he’s primed to benefit from a “red wave” in Congress. Wall Street investors have begun bracing ...