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(CNN)Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Thursday that she had signed an executive order to extend the state's stay-at-home order through May 28, even as protesters and state officials have pressed her to relax social distancing measures earlier. The or…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Shelley Luther, owner of Salon à la Mode, had refused to close her business The governor of Texas has amended his lockdown executive order to free a salon owner who was jailed after refusing to close down her business.Gov Greg Abbott's order bans "confinement as a punishment" for violating virus…

Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan governor.Bill Pugliano | Getty ImagesMichigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will allow the state's auto manufacturing plants, most of which have been shuttered since March due to the coronavirus pandemic, to reopen beginning Monday.The time frame makes it possible for auto suppliers to begin reopening plants ahead of Ford, General Motors and Fiat Chrysler, all…

On May 12, consumer and retail stores in Ohio will be allowed to reopen. May 3, 2020, 3:45 PM5 min read Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Sunday that a statewide order mandating face masks be worn in stores went "too far." "It became clear to me that that was just a bridge too far. People…

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Sunday announced 2,994 new cases of the coronavirus in Illinois, the second-highest daily total since the pandemic began. But the governor also said 19,417 new tests for the coronavirus were completed within the previous 24 hours through Sunday afternoon, the most screenings yet across the state. As Chicagoans and Illinois residents…