After a long heated debate, the North Carolina Senate approved a bill Tuesday that would lift restrictions imposed on certain businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic and in conflict with the governor’s active executive order.

Republicans and Democrats went back and forth over the House Bill 594, which would reopen gyms, fitness centers and bars, and expand the capacity for restaurants.

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