UPDATED: Senate returns ESG bill with disputed language to committee
(Updated to reflect committee action Wednesday)
A Senate bill intended to keep environmental, social and corporate governance guidelines out of state and local government investing...
ESG bill could cost state pension system $3.6 billion; Proposal offered to fill gap
A proposal intended to keep environmental, social and corporate governance guidelines out of government investing and contracting decisions could cost the state's pension system...
Bankers launch nonprofit to fight government overreach; Marshall credit card bill targeted
Kansas bankers are forming a nonprofit to battle federal and state legislation they believe threatens the free market, including a congressional proposal that addresses...
Kobach pushes for broader foreign land ownership bill
Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach made a pitch for the Legislature to pass a law barring foreign adversaries from owning land in Kansas, although...
UPDATED: Proposal expanding international business recruiting dealt defeat in committee
(Updated to reflect discussion in Senate Ways & Means Committee)
A Senate panel on Tuesday recommended against more than $3 million in spending requests from...
Incentives for repopulating rural Kansas come up short, audit says
A program started by former Gov. Sam Brownback to draw population to rural Kansas with financial incentives is failing to meet its intended goal,...
Business executive, former congressional candidate joins Commerce
A Kansas business executive and former Democratic congressional candidate has been named as the new international director at the Commerce Department.
Lt. Gov. and Secretary...
Insurance Department waiving workers’ compensation assessments
More than 600 businesses across Kansas will not have to pay into the Insurance Department's workers’ compensation fund this upcoming year, saving an estimated...
Kelly administration reaches $7 million deal resolving dispute over tax incentives
The state has reached an agreement that calls for developers of the Cerner office campus in Wyandotte County to put $7 million into the...
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...
