Several sheriffs across the state signaled this week they won't enforce North Carolina's ban on church services held indoors.
Meanwhile, state lawmakers are getting ready to meet in Raleigh again next week for a session where the coronavirus pandemic will still be looming large.
The John Locke Foundation's and of NC Policy Watch consider those developments and whether it's a matter of if or now when U.S. Sen. Richard Burr steps aside as he's dogged by an insider trading investigation.
