Source: Craig Jarvis, NEWS & OBSERVER, 2/6/17


The state Senate committee charged with reviewing Gov. Roy Cooper’s appointments to head Cabinet agencies provided a preview Monday of how the panel expects to question the nominees.  The preview, in the form of a questionnaire sent to the first candidate scheduled to go through the process, came as the standoff between the Democratic governor and the Republican leadership of the Senate intensified. 

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