Colorado attorney general orders Hobby Lobby's CEO to shutter stores in the state immediately, after it continued operating despite being named a nonessential business during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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The Colorado Attorney General's office sent a letter to Hobby Lobby's CEO, ordering the craft supplies company to shutter stores immediately after it continued operating despite being named a nonessential business during the novel"For the avoidance of doubt, and as you have been previously notified, Hobby Lobby is not a 'critical business,'" the letter from attorney general Phil Weiser's office, obtained by ABC News, stated.
The letter added that the state's executive order mandating nonessential businesses shutter amid the COVID-19 outbreak will be enforced.People enter a Hobby Lobby store in Woodbridge, Va., April 1, 2020.On Wednesday, several Hobby Lobby locations in Colorado remained opened. ABC News visited two locations outside Denver, where store managers said they had"no comment" when asked why they continued to operate despite being required to close.
"Craft stores including Hobby Lobby are not considered essential businesses under the order," a spokesperson for the Colorado Department of Public Health told ABC Wednesday."Breaking the order is breaking the law."
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