By Julie Havlak Raleigh, NC – Governor Roy Cooper is setting the stage to have even stronger powers if he chooses to impose new COVID-19 rules, a legal scholar tells Carolina Journal. Cooper’s administration is asking local leaders to restrict…
by John Trump Raleigh, NC – Bowling alleys in North Carolina can reopen, though bars, gyms, and amusement parks remain closed. N.C. Business Court Judge James Gale on Tuesday, July 7, granted a preliminary injunction to a bowlers’ group looking…
by Lindsay Marchello Raleigh, NC – If 2020 has a signature phrase so far, it’s “social distancing.” The term has become a staple of any discussion on COVID-19, the highly contagious respiratory disease plaguing the world. It refers to the…
by John Hood Raleigh, NC – At an April 23 news conference, Gov. Roy Cooper gave a reasonable explanation of what led him to institute North Carolina’s statewide stay-at-home order nearly a month earlier. His secretary of health and human…