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Happy Thursday!
TODAY'S GUESTS
7:30 Brian Balfour - Civitas Institute
8:00 Senator Thom Tillis
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WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?
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The last 24 hours in North Carolina has been beyond crazy. Good luck trying to figure out what it means...
DEFIANCE: The Board of Commissioners first announced at 10 AM that “Gaston County leadership supports the reopening of Gaston County...Staying home is not a solution...WBTV
--- COOPER RESPONSE: “This order’s only effect is to create confusion during a public health emergency, which is dangerous,"
--- POLICE RESPONSE: "The Gaston County Police Department will enforce Governor Roy Cooper's stay at home order. A spokesperson for Gaston County tells me, "the county will not be putting our officers in conflict with the law – which includes Gov. Cooper’s executive order." WSOC
---REVISION: Gaston County offcials hours later, “Gov. Cooper’s staff has rightly pointed out today that in response to Gaston County’s new order, taking effect at 5 p.m. today, it acknowledges that the state order supersedes our own,” the statement reads.
LOST ITS WAY: One of the leaders of the ReOpen NC group said in a Facebook post that she’s left the movement. Kristen Elizabeth wrote in a Facebook post Wednesday about how she thinks the movement has taken a turn that “we were not in agreement with” WECT
RESTLESSNESS: North Carolina’s Social Distancing score has dropped to an “F,” according to Unacast...WBTV
ARRESTED: Apex man arrested for opening up his tattoo parlor during stay-at-home order...WRAL
WILMINGTON: Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo announced during a Wednesday morning news conference at city hall that he would be signing a new order that would retain six of the nine provisions in the current order...WECT
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BIDEN LEADS: Former Vice President Joe Biden leads President DonaldTrump in North Carolina by a 50-45 percent...WRAL
--- COOPER LEADS: Governor Roy Cooper would easily leads Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest by 57-30
--- TOO CLOSE TO CALL: If the Senate election were held now, Tillis and Democrat Cal Cunningham are effectively tied
FALL SEMESTER: The interim president of the UNC System, Bill Roper, said Wednesday he expects all UNC system institutions will be open again by fall of this year...WECT
STATE HELP: The N.C. Senate on Wednesday evening passed by a 48-0 vote a $1.2-billion bill distributing money for COVID-19 relief statewide...CJ
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