Consumer group won’t oppose electric rate discounts for Panasonic
A proposal discounting electric rates for Panasonic - one of the biggest development projects in state history - is nearing approval at the Kansas...
Kansas unemployment claims fall 9%
Claims for unemployment continued flooding the Kansas Labor Department although they fell nearly 10% from a week earlier.
The agency reports that 50,345 claims were...
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...
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,...
UPDATED: Kansas closes deal for Chiefs’ stadium
(Updated to include comments from 3 p.m. announcement)
Legislative leaders on Monday closed a more than $3 billion deal to bring the Kansas City Chiefs...
Beneficient says it will comply with any state investigation of Heppner
Beneficient executives say they will comply with any inquiry state lawmakers undertake into the actions of the company's founder and former chief executive officer...
Senate moves to expand STAR bonds incentives
The Kansas Senate approved a bill late Wednesday expanding one of the state's most powerful tax incentives to help save dying malls.
The bill would...
UPDATED: Report credits wind industry with $1.6 billion investment
(Updated to include comment from report's authors and senator sponsoring bill putting limits on the wind industry.)
The wind industry took the offensive Monday in...
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,...
Veil lowered on ‘Project Ocean’
For months, it was only known as "Project Ocean."
On Wednesday, the veil opened, revealing that Panasonic had chosen Kansas over Oklahoma for a historic...
