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Visitors spend over $36 billion in NC in 2024
Tourism spending in North Carolina exceeded $36 billion, up from the previous year's record.
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Judge ends Biden’s mask mandate on planes and trains
On Monday, a federal judge rejected President Joe Biden’s mask mandates for trains and planes. Florida-based U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle ruled that the Centers for Disease Control had skipped a crucial responsibility to get public impact on the mandate, and improperly used the “good cause exemption” to skirt public notice requirements. “Because ‘our...
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Airports Still Flying High in NC
The airline industry continues to be caught in a severe financial downdraft, as the effects of a weak economy and the aftermath of Sept. 11 send carriers to a second year of heavy losses. Michael Lowrey reports that despite setbacks, North Carolina’s main airports remain attractive and busy places to fly from.
