FILE - A hotel in Chapel Hill, N.C., is closed along with many restaurants, bars and businesses due to the coronavirus, March 17, 2020. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic that resulted in bars being shuttered or severely restricted while restaurants that served alcohol could reopen were "illogical" and don't appear justified by evidence, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
FILE - North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, left, answers questions at a news conference in which he declared a state of emergency for North Carolina, March 10, 2020. Cooper’s decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic that resulted in bars being shuttered or severely restricted while restaurants that served alcohol could reopen were "illogical" and don't appear justified by evidence, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (Julia Wall/The News & Observer via AP, File)