Shelley Luther reopened her salon on April 24 after Dallas County ordered all nonessential businesses to close in March.
Minutes after Gov. Greg Abbott announced salons and barbershops in Texas could reopen Friday, a Dallas salon owner was sentenced to seven days in jail Tuesday for violating state and county orders to close her salon amid the coronavirus pandemic.
"Come and get it, Judge Clay Jenkins. Come and get it," she said at the time, the Morning News reported."You have rights to feed your children and make income. And anyone that wants to take away those rights is wrong."Here's how the 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico are easing social distancing restrictions amid coronavirus outbreak
Luther said she reopened the salon while following social distancing guidelines, but the city attorney argued that it didn't matter because Luther defied the judge's temporary restraining order. A similar case could be unfolding in Oregon, where a salon reopened on Tuesday morning in the capital city of Salem, the Statesman Journal of the USA TODAY Network reported., state by state
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