{"id":191499,"date":"2021-03-05T17:00:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T22:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=191499"},"modified":"2021-03-05T17:00:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T22:00:23","slug":"arizonas-governor-lifts-restrictions-on-businesses-that-limit-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizonas-governor-lifts-restrictions-on-businesses-that-limit-capacity\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona\u2019s Governor Lifts Restrictions On Businesses That Limit Capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farizonas-governor-lifts-restrictions-on-businesses-that-limit-capacity%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=191499&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/dd-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, a Republican, announced on Friday that he was lifting coronavirus restrictions on businesses that limited the capacity those businesses were allowed to serve at any one time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor businesses, physical distancing and mask protocols will remain in place, however specific occupancy percentage limitations will expire. This applies to restaurants, gyms, theaters, water parks, bowling alleys, and bars providing dine in services,\u201d the announcement said. \u201cSpring Training and Major League Sports will have the ability to operate upon submission and approval of a plan to the Arizona Department of Health Services that demonstrates implementation of safety precautions and physical distancing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement added that local entities and mayors would be prohibited from implementing \u201cextreme measures that shut down businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve learned a lot over the past year,\u201d Ducey said. \u201cOur businesses have done an excellent job at responding to this pandemic in a safe and responsible way. We will always admire the sacrifice they and their employees have made and their vigilance to protect against the virus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnlike other states, we never did a shutdown here in Arizona,\u201d he added. \u201cWe withstood the calls from the extremes on both sides, and we will continue to ignore them. We always knew that fighting this virus would be dependent on the personal responsibility of everyday Arizonans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governor said encouraged people to still wear a mask, practice social distancing, and to practice good hygiene.<\/p>\n<p>The news out of Arizona comes after Texas and Mississippi both announced this week that they were dropping their mandatory mask mandates and were allowing businesses to reopen to full capacity. Both Republican governors encouraged people to still take proper precautions and to listen to local health officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToo many Texans have been sidelined from employment opportunities,\u201d\u00a0 Texas Governor Greg Abbott said. \u201cToo many small business owners have struggled to pay their bills. This must end. It is now time to open Texas 100%.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo today, I\u2019m issuing a new executive order that rescinds most of the earlier executive orders,\u201d Abbott said. \u201cEffective next Wednesday, all businesses of any type are allowed to open 100%. That includes any type of entity in Texas. Also, I\u2019m ending the statewide mask mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStarting tomorrow, we are lifting all of our county mask mandates and businesses will be able to operate at full capacity without any state-imposed rules,\u201d Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves said on Tuesday. \u201cOur hospitalizations and case numbers have plummeted, and the vaccine is being rapidly distributed. It is time!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExecutive orders that interfered with peoples\u2019 lives were the worst, but the only possible, intervention for much of the last year,\u201d Reeves said. \u201cNow, we are putting our focus towards rapid vaccine distribution. We are getting out of the business of telling people what they can and cannot do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This report has been updated to include additional information.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, a Republican, announced on Friday that he was lifting coronavirus restrictions on businesses that limited the capacity those businesses were allowed to serve at any one &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274864,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/dd-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Arizona\u2019s Governor Lifts Restrictions On Businesses That Limit Capacity","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/dd-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Arizona\u2019s Governor Lifts Restrictions On Businesses That Limit Capacity","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}