The Wyoming Department of Revenue, along with other states and many cities, has taken on the on-line reservation companies over how those taxes are computed.

FORBES: Wyoming Beats The On-line Companies On Room Tax

Some folks in KC knock it for being too highbrow, though there are still no tablecloths and it is not especially expensive, but sometimes t is nice to make reservation rather than wait (sometimes hours) on a long line.

FORBES: Fiorella's Jack Stack BBQ, Kansas City, MO

The agent told me that Delta had a special deal with Hotels.com, which is owned by Expedia, and that at the same time that I purchase my ticket she could transfer me on a direct line to a special desk at the Hotels.com reservation system and that I would receive a 25% discount.

FORBES: The Delta Air Lines Hotels.com Deal Is No Deal

Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe storm, straight-line winds, and flooding in Ferry and Okanogan Counties and the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Signs Washington Disaster Declaration