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Summer vacation is back.
After the pandemic canceled most plans last year, AAA says the rising COVID-19 vaccination rate and relaxed health guidelines are fueling a surge in travel bookings.
The organization s latest annual summer travel forecast projects more than 37 million people nationwide are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home starting May 27 through May 31, an increase of 60% from last year, when only 23 million traveled.
The West North Central region, which includes Kansas, will see about three million people taking Memorial Day week trips, a 56% percent increase over travelers in 2020, but still less than the region’s Memorial Day travelers in 2019.
Celia Llopis-Jepsen / Kansas News Service
Originally published on February 11, 2021 2:14 pm
The pandemic caused counties across the state to issue varying levels of business shutdown orders meant to slow the spread of a life-threatening virus.
Now businesses that lost their ability to make money during the pandemic want a tax refund for the time they were forced to hang “closed” signs.
Lawmakers heard competing arguments about property tax rebates this week.
Businesses say the closures put them on the brink of shutting down for good. Local governments warn they don’t have the resources to be offering mass tax refunds.
A pending bill is a first step in a larger discussion looming before lawmakers: Should either the state or local governments be required to compensate the businesses that public officials ordered to close during the pandemic?