LANSING, Mi (Great Lakes News) – The state’s “three-week pause” is turning in to a three-month pause.

Restaurant leaders in Michigan said the Whitmer administration, via Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, is expected to extend the indoor dining ban today.

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The Michigan Licensed Beverage Association said their leaders have been talking to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer about the ban.

They expect the ban to be extended until Feb. 1 at the earliest. The “three-week pause” went into effect in November and has been extended several times.