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10 Things To Know About Roy Cooper, Potential Pick for Vice President

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper waves after speaking at a Biden-Harris campaign event in Greensboro. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

North Carolina’s two-term Democratic governor is seen as a potential running mate for Kamala Harris. Here’s what you need to know about him.

Customers at the Hempary exhange a THCA preroll. (Cornell Watson for The Assembly)

North Carolina’s legal system has yet to recognize the paradigm shift that hemp legalization has created, experts say.