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The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear one of two pending cases involving North Carolina bar owners challenging Gov. Roy Cooper's COVID-related shutdowns in 2020.
Published: Sunday, June 9th, 2024 @ 3:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Bar owners suing the state of North Carolina over COVID-related shutdowns oppose Gov. Roy Cooper's latest legal request. Cooper wants the state Supreme Court to take the case.
Published: Wednesday, January 31st, 2024 @ 5:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper is asking the state Supreme Court to consider a case of bar owners suing the state for damages because of COVID-related shutdowns in 2020.
Published: Friday, January 19th, 2024 @ 2:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A split state Court of Appeals panel has ruled that North Carolina bar owners can proceed with their lawsuit challenging Gov. Roy Cooper's 2020 shutdown orders during the COVID pandemic.
Published: Thursday, December 7th, 2023 @ 12:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Bud Light’s parent company Anheuser-Busch has lost $3 billion in market cap value following its endorsement of a transgender social media influencer.
Published: Sunday, May 14th, 2023 @ 4:27 pm
By: Daily Wire
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The N.C. Court of Appeals has set May 9 as the date to consider bar owners' lawsuit seeking compensation for Gov. Roy Cooper's COVID-19 shutdown.
Published: Sunday, May 14th, 2023 @ 10:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Country music stars John Rich and Travis Tritt have both joined in a boycott against Bud Light after the company went viral for a promotional deal with trans activist Dylan Mulvaney.
Published: Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023 @ 11:20 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Lawyers for N.C. state government urge the N.C. Court of Appeals to reject pleas for compensation from bar owners shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Thursday, March 9th, 2023 @ 5:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Restaurant and bar owners in Houston are sleeping in their establishments, armed, in order to protect them from robbers.
Published: Sunday, January 29th, 2023 @ 8:40 am
By: Daily Wire
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There was a great deal of uncertainty surrounding the proper societal response to Covid-19. Governments’ reactions to it didn’t help, as I discussed in previous posts. They were dictatorial and marked by shocking, confusing policy reversals.
Published: Wednesday, December 14th, 2022 @ 6:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A group representing N.C. bar owners wants the state Appeals Court to revive a lawsuit against Gov. Roy Cooper.
Published: Sunday, December 11th, 2022 @ 6:01 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Bar owners suing the governor in connection with his COVID-19 shutdown are relying on a state Appeals Court ruling in a separate case involving a shuttered racetrack.
Published: Sunday, October 9th, 2022 @ 1:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A lawsuit challenging Gov. Roy Cooper's COVID-related shutdown of N.C. bars continues to make its way through the N.C. Court of Appeals.
Published: Monday, September 26th, 2022 @ 9:27 am
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signed 11 bills into law Thursday, the closely-watched state budget was not one of them.
Published: Friday, July 15th, 2022 @ 6:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina House passed H.B. 768, the 2022 ABC Omnibus, by a vote of 100-9 Wednesday afternoon.
Published: Sunday, July 10th, 2022 @ 8:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control system has a new commissioner. It gets continued reassurance from its boards and warehouse operator that they’ll get it right and, to that end, newly created groups meant to help them do so.
Published: Sunday, January 2nd, 2022 @ 8:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate has passed House Bill 890, an all-encompassing measure that could help distillers succeed in a crowded and burgeoning industry.
Published: Monday, October 18th, 2021 @ 3:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Ollie Mulligan, this week from an airport somewhere in the Northeast, talked about his upcoming flight home, about returning to his native Ireland, to County Kildare.
Published: Monday, August 2nd, 2021 @ 4:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A new lawsuit filed Friday, May 7, in Carteret County would end Gov. Roy Cooper’s ability to issue executive orders linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Wednesday, May 12th, 2021 @ 9:19 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Restaurants, bars, and other small businesses offering on-site food and beverages are vital to our communities and economy.
Published: Sunday, May 9th, 2021 @ 5:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Roy Cooper has signed into law House Bill 4, extending the delay on payment deadlines for the renewal of certain alcohol permits.
Published: Sunday, February 28th, 2021 @ 10:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper signed the following bill into law: House Bill 4
Published: Friday, February 26th, 2021 @ 12:38 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Private bars will open at limited capacity under a new executive decree from the governor, although at the same time he called for more direct government aid to prop up failing businesses.
Published: Friday, February 26th, 2021 @ 2:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A Superior Court judge asked repeatedly Thursday, Feb. 18, for evidence that would justify state government orders that keep private bars closed across North Carolina.
Published: Friday, February 19th, 2021 @ 5:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A Greenville bar owner heads to court this afternoon to seek permission to reopen.
Published: Thursday, February 18th, 2021 @ 12:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill seeking to extend a delay on payment deadlines for certain alcohol permits quickly cleared an N.C. House Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee on Wednesday, Feb. 3.
Published: Monday, February 8th, 2021 @ 9:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted all of our lives. But few in North Carolina can argue that they’ve taken as big a hit as owners and operators of private bars.
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2021 @ 8:43 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Bars that had their liquor licenses suspended due to COVID-19 shutdowns may have gotten a reprieve, thanks to a deal announced by the head of the House ABC Committee and the chairman of the state ABC Commission.
Published: Monday, January 25th, 2021 @ 2:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Bar Owners Association, in a news release, says the N.C. ABC has canceled some 120 permits for private bars, without notice.
Published: Monday, January 18th, 2021 @ 3:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper and Dr. Mandy Cohen, state health secretary, took a decidedly political tone in a COVID-19 news conference Tuesday, Jan. 12.
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 @ 1:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina won’t fully open anytime soon.
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2021 @ 10:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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We will offer this allotment of three with more to come; some old, most new, but all quite informative, and, moreover, necessary to understanding that in North Carolina, there is a wiser path to govern ourselves and our People.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2021 @ 12:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bar owners from six counties across North Carolina are going to court to challenge the governor’s executive orders shutting down their businesses.
Published: Saturday, January 2nd, 2021 @ 6:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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