Sam Hieb

NYT headline: Trump’s Sagging Popularity Drags Down Republican Senate Candidates And of course one of those candidates is Sen. Thom Tillis who— according to an NYT Upshot/Siena College poll of registered voters in North Carolina–is trailing Democrat challenger Cal Cunningham by 3 percentage points. The president has sagged…

Antiplanner drops this piece of news: For more than a month, transit agencies have been telling people not to ride transit unless they are “essential workers.” Now those same agencies are outraged that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is giving people the same advice as they go back…

By now you’ve heard the Republican National Conventionis moving to Jacksonville after President Trump and Gov. Roy Cooper were not able to work out their differences. Now–we knew this–Charlotte is with the many contractual liabilities related to hosting a national convention: Republican officials announced last week that they’re moving…

Charlotte Observer reports: A group of nearly 200 bar owners in North Carolina have filed a lawsuit against Gov. Roy Cooper in an effort to immediately reopen bars in the state. Last month, when Cooper moved North Carolina into Phase Two of its coronavirus reopening plan, restaurants, brewery taprooms…

As the Charlotte Observer reports, city and Republican leaders “are scrambling to figure out what’s next” following President Trump’s declaration that he would not accept his party’s nomination in the Queen City: John Lassiter, CEO of Charlotte’s host committee, said his committee is trying to broker an agreement that…

Both NYT and Charlotte Observer report Republicans are moving the “public portion” of the Republican National Convention out of Charlotte following President Trump’s tweets last night: …millions of dollars, and jobs, for the State. Because of @NC_Governor, we are now forced to…

Downtown Greensboro was hit hard during Saturday’s protests over the death of George Floyd–but further north on Elm Street the city’s famous International Civil Rights Center and Museum—the birthplace of peaceful protest that launched the civil rights movement—was also vandalized: John Swaine stood outside the International Civil Rights Center…

Gov. Roy Cooper was a prominent figure on yesterday’s Rush Limbaugh show. Here’s the Cooper tweet that got Limbaugh started: A face covering signifies strength and compassion for others. Wearing one shows that you actually care about other people’s health. — Governor Roy Cooper…