Ben & Jerry’s boycott prompts review of contracts
Gov. Laura Kelly's administration is reviewing state contracts to determine if the parent company of Ben & Jerry's is doing business with the state...
New program disqualifies 7,000 for unemployment benefits
The state suspended unemployment benefits for nearly 7,000 Kansans this week who didn't comply with a new program created by the Legislature to connect...
$11 million recommended for Labor Department call center
A special committee overseeing how the state spends federal COVID relief money recommended putting $11 million toward paying for increased call center staffing at...
Kansas: One big rural opportunity zone
It's a state incentive whose success has been debatable.
It started in 2012 with a goal of helping 50 rural counties reverse population declines with...
Four groups want removal from unemployment letter
Four organizations are asking to be removed from a letter sent by a group of business interests asking the governor to end the state's...
UPDATED: Business group requests stop to federal unemployment aid
(Updated to include reaction from legislative leaders and some advocates)
A group of nearly 200 business interests is urging Gov. Laura Kelly to end the...
Compensation plan for pandemic losses approved
The Kansas Legislature early Saturday morning passed a bill providing potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation to small businesses that were hurt...
Senate passes broad business compensation bill
The Kansas Senate on Tuesday passed a sweeping bill that could potentially provide hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation to small businesses that...
Panel reconsiders government competition refunds
A Senate committee on Monday withdrew a proposal that would refund property taxes to businesses facing competition from state and local governments.
The Senate tax...
Plan proposes tax rebates for government competition
A plan emerged in the Senate on Wednesday that would refund property taxes to businesses that face competition from state and local governments.
Republican state...
