Kelly signs bipartisan workers’ comp reforms
Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday signed a bill cementing a settlement reached between labor and business that will raise the caps on workers' compensation...
Incentives for large data centers likely to wait until ’25
With the legislative session nearing an end, a proposed economic development incentive for data centers doesn't appear headed anywhere this year.
Legislation exempting data centers...
Film tax credits reemerge in Legislature
Kansas is about to join the arms race with more than three dozen states that are pumping billions of dollars in incentives to lure...
UPDATED: House approves foreign-land ownership bill
(Updated to reflect final vote and new comments from House majority leader, other lawmakers)
A bill that bans foreign interests from "countries of concern" from...
Budget measure forces disclosure of companies getting discounted electric rates
Businesses that receive discounted electric rates from a state development incentive would have to be disclosed in a biennial report submitted to the Legislature.
Republican...
House passes bill giving Legislature oversight of some rules and regulations
The Kansas House on Wednesday approved legislation advocated by business groups that would give the Legislature oversight of the rules and regulations adopted by...
UPDATED: Commerce renews effort to win incentives for electric, hydrogen vehicle assembly plant
(Updated to include developments from Thursday's hearing)
The Commerce Department is making another run at a major piece of economic development legislation that would help...
Auditors suggest tracking of angel investor businesses needs improving
State auditors couldn't determine how well the Commerce Department follows procedures to ascertain whether businesses are leaving Kansas earlier than allowed under a program...
House panel approves new incentives for big tech data centers
A new economic development incentive for data centers that invest at least $600 million in Kansas advanced out of a House committee Monday.
The bill,...
Labor, business reach deal raising caps on workers’ comp claims
Labor and business reached a settlement on legislation that will raise the caps on workers' compensation claims while limiting administrative costs for employers.
Both sides...
