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Businesses on same street, opposite sides of state line, face split COVID-19 restrictions

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Business owners in Bristol, Va., are quarreling over coronavirus lockdown restrictions that do not apply to establishments on the other side of the street, which are technically located in Tennessee.

A state line runs directly through downtown Bristol, divvying up the neighboring states, and with it, the guidelines in place in either state to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Businesses have to comply with different rules depending on which side of the street they're on, and Ralph Northam, the Democratic governor of Virginia, is expected to announce even further restrictions on Thursday.  "It would be aggravating to see one side, like literally across the street, be able to do anything and us being closed because that's not going to help at.

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