North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said he anticipates lifting the state's COVID-19 restrictions by June 1. Billie Jean Shaw recaps Cooper's update and how state officials came to the decision that it's time to put the pandemic behind us.
Brooks' Sandwich House in NoDa will be closed today as family members of slain co-owner Scott Brooks will hope to persuade a judge to deny one of the men suspected of murder. Terry Conner Jr. will face a judge Thursday for a bond hearing more than a year after he was arrested and charged with killing Brooks. Richard DeVayne previews the hearing and explains what's next in the process.
A record number of small businesses say they've been unable to fill their job openings in the last month, and it's not due to the pandemic, Ben Thompson connects the dots on why some business leaders think President Biden is at fault despite industry experts pointing to something different altogether.
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