Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review: Hello, Jacksonville: The Republican National Convention is heading to the Sunshine State. While a few hundred RNC officials will conduct business in Charlotte to satisfy the contract...
As North Carolina grapples with President Trump’s call to pull the Republican National Convention from Charlotte, both Democrats and Republicans are seizing on the moment — using the fight to appeal to their respective bases. But despite GOP attempts to bash Gov. Roy Cooper over his refusal to budge on COVID-19 and social-distancing conditions related to...
Around 75% of the state’s 550,000 hotel and restaurant workers are currently out of a job. The hospitality industry — comprising 13% of the state’s total workforce, including 18,000 food service establishments and 1,800 lodging establishments — languishes on life support, said Lynn Minges, president and CEO of the North Carolina Restaurant & Lodging Association....
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