<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/5/1589982033865.png" alt="Movie theaters like this one in Wichita will be able to reopen on Friday. Hugo Phan / KMUW " />
 <figcaption>Movie theaters like this one in Wichita will be able to reopen on Friday. Hugo Phan / KMUW </figcaption>
 </figure><h2>Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced 
the latest phase-out of her coronavirus-driven statewide shutdown. The 
changes start on Friday.</h2><a href="https://www.kcur.org/news/2020-05-19/kansas-rolls-back-more-restrictions-but-the-pool-wont-be-open-for-memorial-day">Kansas News Service</a>TOPEKA — Starting Friday, Kansans can gather in slightly larger groups, take in a movie, go to an art museum and bowl a few frames.But concerts, festivals, summer camps and parades will remain shut down. And you still won’t be able to get a drink at a bar.At
 a news conference Tuesday a day before a meeting with President Donald 
Trump in the White House, Gov. Laura Kelly announced another round of 
gradually eased restrictions aimed at stemming the spread of COVID-19."We
 may be transitioning to Phase 2," the governor told reporters, "but we 
still have a long ways to go before arriving at anything bordering on 
normal.”Kelly already delayed what she’d billed as Phase 2 of her
 plan to reopen the Kansas economy. It was scheduled to kick in Monday. 
Instead, she <a href="https://www.kcur.org/news/2020-05-14/kansas-scales-back-next-phase-of-reopening-but-will-allow-haircuts-and-workouts" target="_blank">moved to Phase 1.5</a>
 at the start of the week, allowing gyms, salons and tattoo parlors to 
open their doors — as long as they followed social distancing guidelines
 and scheduled appointments.Kansas is still seeing coronavirus 
hot spots across the state, like meatpacking counties in southwestern 
Kansas and a new cluster in Topeka related to a nearby lake. But her 
next round of loosened rules — coming just before the Memorial Day 
weekend — follow a weekend where Kansas recorded only one death and a 
handful of new hospitalizations.So far, the state has recorded more than 8,000 cases, some 740 hospitalizations and more than 170 deaths from COVID-19.About
 a week ago, Kelly instituted a modified version of her reopening plans,
 despite record unemployment claims and scores of businesses warning the
 shutdown could doom them.Even in the latest phase that starts 
Friday, both indoor and outdoor entertainment venues built for more than
 2,000 people can’t open. Self-service food or beverage operations 
remain forbidden.Bars, nightclubs and swimming pools must stay closed.But
 the lid on gatherings increases to 15 people. State-owned casinos can 
open (the governor doesn’t have authority over tribal casinos, though 
many have closed, but they have to run their operations plans by state 
health officials.Community centers can open if they limit the 
number of people who can come in. Recreational sports leagues get a 
go-ahead, but only if they meet in small groups and players keep their 
distance from each other. Small graduation ceremonies are OK, increasing
 the number from 10 to 15 people at a time.The Kansas News 
Service is a collaboration of KCUR, Kansas Public Radio, KMUW and High 
Plains Public Radio focused on health, the social determinants of health
 and their connection to public policy.

Kan. rolls back restrictions, but pool won't be open for Memorial Day