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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 trav...

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 r...

RECENT LOBBYING, ETHICS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE UPDATES We read the news, cut through the noise and provide you the notes. Welcome to  Compliance Notes from Nossaman’s Government Relations & Regulation Group – a periodic digest of the headlines, statutory and regulatory changes and court cases involving campaign finance, lobbying compliance, election law and government ethics issues at the federal, state and local level.   Our attorneys, policy advisors and compliance consultants are available to discuss any questions or how specific issues may impact your business.   If there is a partic...

A $1 billion plan for Wichita's riverfront includes tearing down Century II. Credit Deborah Shaar / KMUW/File photo John Todd describes himself as a community activist. He helped gather 17,000 signatures in a petition drive to force a public vote on the future of Century II. A judge later dismissed the petition after the city challenged it in court. Todd said the group is not opposed to progress, but insists on good government. "I don't believe that the Save Century II people are trying to impede anything, but we're interested in transparency," he said. "And since they are city-owned buildi...