To Kansas businesses hurt by COVID-19 orders, here's what compensation might come your way Titus Wu, Topeka Capital-Journal Throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses were financially hurt, with many losing major profit or even permanently closing. Popular Searches Kansas GOP lawmakers this year have repeatedly vowed to help those business owners, especially with the state facing potential lawsuits. To quite a few, this promise was more than doing right but also laying the blame on COVID-19 orders from the governor and local government for hurting the economy. "The levels of the government that interceded in our economy with marginal to nonexistent scientific data," said Sen. Mark Steffen, R-Hutchinson. "They got to feel pain. They got to feel pushed back on this."