"My thoughts today are with the workers and businesses in our food and hospitality industries. It is heartbreaking that an industry built on service to others must be shut down to help protect and keep safe the families they call their customers and friends. In an effort to help them through this difficult and unexpected shutdown, I am asking our partners in the state and federal legislature to look for ways to help alleviate the financial impact of this shutdown. The Governor’s order was necessary and appropriate in light of the extraordinary circumstances in which we find ourselves and we will be working with our state, county and local law enforcement partners to enforce the order. I am proud of the tens of thousands of businesses and hundreds of thousands of workers who recognize the gravity of this situation and are responding quickly and without hesitation. We owe them our gratitude and support."
EXECUTIVE ORDER 2020-9: Temporary restrictions on the use of places of public accommodation also includes temporarily closing cinemas, and indoor and outdoor performance venues, libraries, museums, gymnasiums, fitness centers, recreation centers, indoor sports facilities, indoor exercise facilities, exercise studios, spas, and casinos licensed by the Michigan Gaming Control Board. The closings are to begin as soon as possible but no later than 3 p.m. TODAY, Monday, March 16, 2020, and to continue until 11:59 p.m. March 30, 2020. Click here for the full Executive Order.
Information around the COVID-19 outbreak is changing rapidly. The latest information is available online at a state website focused on the issue, and at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Inset photo: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. (Photo courtesy michigan.gov)
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