Gov. Roy Cooper's named could be dropped from the list of defendants in a federal lawsuit linked to a 2020 arrest at a COVID protest.
Published: Thursday, December 14th, 2023 @ 6:46 pm
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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The city of Raleigh is asking a federal court to drop the city from a High Point woman's lawsuit challenging her arrest during a 2020 COVID policy protest.
Published: Sunday, September 24th, 2023 @ 10:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A group representing North Carolina's local health directors backs N.C. Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley in his legal battle with owners of Ace Speedway.
Published: Wednesday, June 7th, 2023 @ 4:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A woman arrested during an April 2020 ReOpenNC COVID shutdown protest is suing the governor, the city of Raleigh, and state and local law enforcement officials. She argues that defendants violated her constitutional rights.
Published: Wednesday, May 31st, 2023 @ 12:35 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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The N.C. health and human services secretary is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn a ruling against him. It involves the 2020 shutdown of Ace Speedway in Alamance County.
Published: Tuesday, September 20th, 2022 @ 3:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Owners of an Alamance County speedway can move forward with a lawsuit against the state's top health official. The suit stems from a COVID-19 shutdown order.
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 5:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Gov. Roy Cooper’s emergency powers has moved closer to a resolution. The senior resident Superior Court judge for Wake County has agreed the case should head to a three-judge panel.
Published: Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 @ 5:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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N.C. House leadership ask for data justifying continued emergency order
Published: Friday, June 11th, 2021 @ 5:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Graham Piro of the Washington Free Beacon documents state-level efforts to safeguard religious freedom during a pandemic.
Published: Wednesday, May 12th, 2021 @ 10:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Greenville bar owner’s lawsuit challenging the state Emergency Management Act is heading to a three-judge panel.
Published: Tuesday, March 30th, 2021 @ 1:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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More than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic brought North Carolina to a screeching halt, Gov. Roy Cooper shows no sign of relinquishing the sweeping and open-ended emergency powers he has claimed under state law.
Published: Saturday, March 20th, 2021 @ 8:45 am
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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Owners of a popular Greenville bar claim Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID-19 shutdown orders violate their constitutional rights.
Published: Friday, January 1st, 2021 @ 9:07 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Cooper Administration Demands Unemployment Benefits Back Right Before Christmas
Published: Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 @ 12:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Gov. Roy Cooper’s shutdown orders have produced difficult economic times for North Carolina families and businesses.
Published: Wednesday, October 28th, 2020 @ 4:26 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Roy Cooper and Mandy Cohen claim to be following the “science and data,” while ignoring the data about the negative consequences of their shutdown orders
Published: Monday, September 14th, 2020 @ 7:47 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Contained within the FY 2020-21 spending plan released by Gov. Cooper this week is a section outlining how he’d like the state to spend nearly $1 billion of unspent federal Coronavirus Relief Funds.
Published: Saturday, September 5th, 2020 @ 1:59 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Regardless of the outcome of a lawsuit pitting N.C. bowling alley owners against Gov. Roy Cooper, the case already has offered us an important reminder about North Carolinians’ fundamental rights.
Published: Thursday, August 20th, 2020 @ 5:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lt. Gov. Dan Forest’s fight with Gov. Roy Cooper will shift back from the courtroom to the campaign trail.
Published: Tuesday, August 18th, 2020 @ 2:22 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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"Today, the the court ruled that Governor Cooper has 100% of the power during a declared emergency and can act unilaterally to deny freedoms to every North Carolinian."
Published: Wednesday, August 12th, 2020 @ 10:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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If North Carolina’s Republican lieutenant governor wins his legal battle with the Democratic governor, a leading voice within the state’s political Left might deserve a bit of credit.
Published: Sunday, August 9th, 2020 @ 8:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper contends a lawsuit challenging his COVID-19 executive orders stands “no chance of success.”
Published: Sunday, August 2nd, 2020 @ 11:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Monday morning, the owners of the Atilis Gym in Bellmawr, New Jersey were arrested for violating the lockdown order of Democratic Governor Phil Murphy.
Published: Sunday, August 2nd, 2020 @ 12:47 am
By: LifeZette
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A lawsuit pitting the two major-party contenders in North Carolina’s governor’s race will head to a court hearing Aug. 4.
Published: Wednesday, July 29th, 2020 @ 10:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Checks and balances within our government’s structure play an important role.
Published: Saturday, July 18th, 2020 @ 3:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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.
Published: Friday, July 10th, 2020 @ 4:29 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, July 7, N.C. Business Court Judge James Gale issued a preliminary injunction that would allow for the reopening of bowling alleys across the state.
Published: Friday, July 10th, 2020 @ 12:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Bowling alleys in North Carolina can reopen, though bars, gyms, and amusement parks remain closed.
Published: Thursday, July 9th, 2020 @ 2:31 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lt. Gov. Dan Forest has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Roy Cooper. The Republican Forest and the Democrat Cooper face each other in the 2020 gubernatorial election.
Published: Friday, July 3rd, 2020 @ 11:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a bill opening gyms and bars.
Published: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020 @ 10:38 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Thanks to a decade of wise, conservative fiscal policy, North Carolina state government is better positioned financially to weather the economic fallout from the coronavirus shutdown.
Published: Thursday, June 4th, 2020 @ 10:53 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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President Donald Trump flummoxed officials in Charlotte while taking a partisan swipe at Gov. Roy Cooper by suggesting the Republican National Convention may skip past North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, May 31st, 2020 @ 8:24 am
By: Carolina Journal
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