Judge rules against Fayetteville bar and restaurant owners in curfew suit Share Updated: 5:42 PM CST Jan 26, 2021 Share Updated: 5:42 PM CST Jan 26, 2021
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Show Transcript ATTENDED THAT HEARING THIS MORNING OVER ZOOM AND TELLS US WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. I feel that our clients need to make a living. If they are, they are the only industry out of every industry in the state that is being regulated like they are, then that is totally unfair. THE STATE ARGUED THAT IF IT CAN PROHIBIT BUSINESSES WITH LIQUOR LICENSES FROM STAYING OPEN PAST TWO, THEN THEY CAN PROHIBIT THOSE BUSINESSES FROM STAYING OPEN PAST 11. IT SAID OWNING A LIQUOR LICENSE IS A PRIVILEGE, NOT A RIGHT. I am glad that judge Griffen made the decision that he did today and that he consistently followed the law on that. THE JUDGE SAID PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY TAKES Griffen made the decision that he did today and that he consistently followed the law on that. THE JUDGE SAID P
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.
A court filing this month makes clear that these businesses have faced special damage at the hands of an unsympathetic governor.
The filing in
Waldron v. Cooper tells the clear story of more than 10 months of discrimination against one type of business.
“And while Governor [Roy] Cooper has called this a ‘dimmer switch’ approach, in reality, it threatens to turn the lights off on many private bars for good,” according to the Jan. 15 document authored by attorney Jessica Thompson.
Some Northwest Arkansas bar owners are part of a lawsuit being filed in Pulaski County against Gov. Asa Hutchinson, the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission and the Arkansas Department of Health in an effort to overturn a statewide COVID-19 mandate requiring bars to close at 11 p.m.
Business owners in the food and hospitality industry have experienced severe economic strain during the pandemic. Hutchinson ordered all restaurant dining rooms and bars to shut down in late March to curb the spread of COVID-19. After two months of being shut down, Arkansas bars and restaurants were permitted to reopen at limited capacity in late May.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) on Thursday selected Loretta Lillios as Director of the Investigations and Enforcement Bureau (IEB). The MGC’s four commissioners voted unanimously to approve the hiring of Ms. Lillios, who has been with the MGC since 2014, serving first as Deputy General Counsel and then as Chief Enforcement Counsel/Deputy Director of IEB. Most recently, she has served since September 2020 as Interim Director of IEB.
As Chief Enforcement Counsel and Deputy Director, IEB, Ms. Lillios’ work focused on protecting the public interest and ensuring the integrity of legal gaming in Massachusetts. She has been responsible for overseeing suitability investigations of applicants for gaming licensure, monitoring the ongoing suitability of corporate casino qualifiers, and overseeing the preparation of enforcement actions involving licensee noncompliance with gaming requirements.
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CORONAVIRUS CONTINUES TO RAVAGE NC, POSITIVE TESTING RATE 10%: At least 674,637 people in North Carolina have tested positive for the coronavirus and 8,083 have died since March, according to state health officials. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported 6,911 new COVID-19 cases, down from 7,986 reported the day before. Sixty-seven additional coronavirus-related deaths were reported Sunday. At least 3,862 people in North Carolina were reported hospitalized with the coronavirus as of Sunday. As of Friday, the latest date for which data are available, 10% of coronavirus tests came back positive. Health officials say the number should be about 5% to slow the spread of the coronavirus.