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 allow sales tax revenue - or STAR - bonds to be used for redevelopment of malls that are at least half empty. It would require a minimum $10 million investment.
Lawmakers said the expansion was tied to an effort to redevelop Towne West Square in Wichita. The bill, which extends the incentive for three years, passed on a SSJ
