UPDATED: Beneficient receives loan default notice, investigates former CEO
(Updated to include comment from Heppner)
The parent company of a unique type of financial institution in Kansas is running into more trouble this week...
House approves incentives for $4 billion manufacturer
The Kansas House on Tuesday approved an economic development incentive worth an estimated $1.3 billion to land what could be one of the biggest...
Bill banning plastic bag restrictions runs into Senate hurdle
A bill barring local governments from regulating plastic grocery bags and other material ran into a roadblock in the Senate on Thursday morning.
The Senate...
State making another run at iLottery
Gov. Laura Kelly's administration is taking another run at bringing online lottery ticket sales to Kansas as part of a bill that would authorize...
Cities criticize bill limiting power to regulate sale of goods, services
Cities and counties turned out in force to fight a bill stopping them from regulating any consumer products and services allowed under state law,...
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...
Amazon wins early round for robot delivery vehicles
A bill authorizing Amazon to operate automated delivery vehicles on city sidewalks gained new life Thursday after it won approval in a Senate committee.
The...
UPDATED: Lawmaker anger toward Labor Department boils over
(Updated to include that new technology will be added to the state's unemployment system this weekend to prevent false claims.)
Lawmakers on Wednesday vented their...
Tax incentive transparency bill headed to governor
A bill intended to create more openness about the state's development incentives is on its way to the governor.
The Legislature has passed a bill...
Proposed bank reporting requirement draws fire in Kansas
Kansas bankers are rallying opposition to a Biden administration proposal to monitor aggregate transactions flowing in and out of personal and business bank accounts...
