N.C. Sen. Jim Perry, R-Lenoir, has reached out to Gov. Roy Cooper in defense of a pastor who calls the governor’s stay-at-home order discriminatory against churches and houses of worship. The pastor, who worships in Perry’s…
Gov. Roy Cooper wants people to think about reopening the economy as a light dimmer, not an on/off switch. Easing restrictions won’t happen at once, the governor said in a news conference Wednesday, April 15. North Carolinians can expect a staggered approach to reopening the economy…
Two state senators are asking Gov. Roy Cooper to respond to Raleigh police’s decision to end Tuesday’s protest from the Reopen NC group. The senators suggest in a letter that Cooper might have engaged in a “grave overstep in your authority.” Meanwhile, a state constitutional watchdog has submitted…
The John Locke Foundation is leading a national effort to highlight a critical flaw in the $2 trillion federal relief package tied to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fixing the flaw could help state governments avoid unsustainable budget spending increases. Working with the Nebraska-based Platte Institute, the two organizations drafted a…
Lawmakers shifted their focus away from the coronavirus surge for the first time during the Tuesday, April 14, meeting of the House Committee on COVID-19 Health Care Working Group. Legislators focused on the damage the pandemic is wreaking on the infrastructure of the state’s health care…
The Economic Support working group of the House Select Committee on COVID-19 has approved a bill waiving the accrual of interest on taxes paid between April 15 and the new July 15 deadline. The N.C. Department of Revenue waived late fees when the state decided to…
North Carolina’s prisons will begin releasing some inmates in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19. Erik Hooks, secretary of the N.C. Department of Public Safety, made the announcement during a news conference Monday, April 13, with Gov. Roy Cooper and members of his COVID-19…
North Carolina merchants will have even fewer shoppers next week, thanks to an executive order Gov. Roy Cooper announced at a Thursday, April 9 news conference. Beginning Monday at 5 p.m., stores still allowed to operate must limit the number of…
The N.C. Division of Employment Security wants unemployment benefits for independent contractors and self-employed people up and running by April 25. At least, that’s the deadline officials “anticipate.” North Carolina ranks last in the nation at getting timely payments…
Gov. Roy Cooper announced an executive order Wednesday, April 8, setting new rules for nursing homes to curb the spread of COVID-19. But Cooper offered no indication when life can start returning to what will be the new normal. The new…
