Health clubs, gyms, spas, and karate dojos have joined to file a lawsuit against Gov. Roy Cooper’s executive order keeping their businesses closed during the COVID-19 outbreak. The lawsuit is the latest challenge of Cooper’s response to COVID-19. In the motion for relief, the business owners say Cooper’s shutdown denies them the right in the...
Jeff Brooks was watching the governor in a news conference. Brooks, who owns a gym in Onslow County, immediately realized he was in trouble. “I remember turning to my wife and saying, ‘He’s going to screw us.’” Brooks, co-owner of Swansboro Health and Fitness, told Carolina Journal. Gov. Roy Cooper, as Brooks expected, twisted the...
A handful of House Republicans have introduced a series of bills to limit the governor’s powers in a state of emergency, a move that’s likely to further divide politics in Raleigh, political scientists say. House Bill 1059 would prohibit the governor from preventing religious organizations from gathering in a place of worship during a state...
Several Republican lawmakers are challenging the constitutionality of Gov. Roy Cooper’s latest executive order and how it treats religious services. Sens. Kathy Harrington, R-Gaston, and Carl Ford, R-Rowan, sent a news release Tuesday, May 12, saying Cooper’s reopening plan includes contradictions on what religious activities are allowed. The news release responds to guidance Cooper’s Legislative...
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