Gov. Roy Cooper has named a veteran North Carolina Labor Department administrator to lead the state agency until the next labor commissioner takes office. Cooper announced Friday that Kevin O’Barr will serve as commissioner until Luke Farley is sworn in early next year.
RALEIGH, N.C. — A longtime North Carolina Labor Department administrator has been elevated to lead the state agency for the next two months as Gov. Roy Cooper named him on Friday to succeed Commissioner Josh Dobson, who resigned this week.
The North Carolina Constitution gives Cooper, a Democrat, the authority to fill the vacancy with a commissioner to serve out the final weeks of Dobson’s term.
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