evidence: North Dakota collected less in 2020 and 2021 than in 2019, for a total gap of more than $1.7 billion across the two years. Collections grew in 2022, but not enough to make up the entire gap. Wyoming followed a similar path: Its revenue improvement in 2022 (compared with its baseline) was not enough to cover the gap that accumulated over the preceding two years. [...] - "Pandemic-Driven Declines in Tourism Take Toll on Many States' Revenues," Barb Rosewicz and Mike Maciag, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Oct. 14, 2020, https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2020/10/14/pandemic-driven-declines-in-tourism-take-toll-on-many-states-revenues.