By Ryan Randazzo | Arizona Republic
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s office took a shot at Gov. Doug Ducey on Friday, saying his orders to close bars because of COVID-19 “arbitrarily discriminate” against some businesses.
Brnovich’s office filed a brief in a lawsuit brought by several bar owners, who are challenging Ducey’s June 29 order to close them along with gyms, theaters and water parks.
Most of those businesses are now allowed to partially reopen because the COVID-19 statistics state health officials established to allow those businesses to operate have trended down.
But bars with certain types of liquor licenses, called series 6 and series 7, can only be open if they serve food. They also can’t allow people to dance, congregate away from tables, or play parlor games like darts.
