Financial relief available to businesses and producers

Three forms of financial relief have been made available locally, one as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the others to address the ongoing drought conditions in this area.

The first is a tax credit that aims to offset potential increase to the unemployment insurance (UI) taxes that businesses are expected to pay in the future. The relief was issued last week through an executive order from Governor Mark Gordon.

The order removes all UI benefit claims between March 13 and December 31, 2020, from businesses whose accounts were charged for those claims. This was authorized by the Legisla...