Democrats Blame Politics For NC GOP's Rejection Of Cooper's DEQ Secretary
/ Gov. Cooper has appointed Dionne Delli-Gatti as state Clean Energy Director, after the Senate rejected her as environmental secretary. Republicans in the state Senate on Thursday rejected Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's nomination of Dionne Delli-Gatti as environmental secretary. The governor immediately appointed her to another environmental job, as Clean Energy Director. And he named Chief Deputy Secretary John Nicholson as interim secretary. The 26-20 vote along party lines wasn't a surprise, coming 24 hours after a Republican-controlled Senate committee voted against recommending Delli-Ga...