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SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — A new bill is making its way through the North Carolina General Assembly that could boost economic impact on local bars and restaurants…
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‘Finally some good news’ for shuttered bars as NC lawmakers prepare to give them COVID relief
The legislature may give the bar owners and other businesses prorated costs or credit for beer, wine and liquor permits they couldn’t use.
Paul Woolverton
USA TODAY NETWORK
The state legislature plans to pass laws to help bar owners who have been mostly or entirely out of business since the COVID-19 crisis led to their shutdown 10 months ago, state Rep. Tim Moffitt said last week.
“We want to provide direct relief to these small businesses until restrictions on their operations are lifted,” Moffitt said. The Republican from Henderson County in the North Carolina mountains is the recently appointed chairman of the state House Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee.
NC bar owners file suit against Gov. Cooper over COVID-19 restrictions Share Updated: 5:56 PM EST Dec 29, 2020 Share Updated: 5:56 PM EST Dec 29, 2020
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Show Transcript POWER. NEW AT 4:00, WE’RE HEARING FROM BAR OWNERS WHO ARE SUING GOVERNOR ROY COOPER, AGAIN. THEY SAY THE RESTRICTIONS ON BARS ARE CREATING UNFAIR TREATMENT OF BUSINESSES, AND THEY BELIEVE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED. GOVERNOR COOPER SAYS HIS ORDERS ARE NECESSARY TO LIMIT VIRUS TRANSMISSION. OUR JUSTIN SHRAIR SPOKE VIRTUALLY WITH SEVERAL BAR OWNERS ABOUT THEIR FRUSTRATIONS AND ABOUT WHAT’S NEXT. DUSTIN, WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU? JUSTIN: SOME OF THOSE BAR OWNERS TELL ME THAT HAVE DECIDED TO KEEP THEIR BARS CLOSE WITH CURRENT RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY ARE UNABLE TO TURN A PROFIT. WE WERE CUT OFF AT THE ANKLES. THEN WE WERE CUT OFF AT THE KNEES. NOW OUR LEGS ARE GONE. WE HAVE JUST BEEN STRANGLED AT EVERY TURN. JUSTIN: IN A 15 PAGE L