Jeanette Doran, president and general counsel of the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law, discusses Gov. Roy Cooper’s executive order mandating face masks. Doran identifies practical problems and legal concerns. She offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio.
COVID state of emergency officially ends today after 2 years
After 888 days, today officially marks the end of North Carolina’s COVID-19 State of Emergency. Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, announced in July that the state of emergency would end on Aug. 15 because the 2022 $27.9 General Budget, which he signed into law on July 11, included changes in the law that were requested by the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.