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Long-neglected site a diamond in the rough
A pristine lake and the advent of rail trails to Allen County helped turn a woolly wilderness into a wonderland. Today, the Lehigh Portland site could be our gateway to a state park. For the first 40 years that Iola…
Wichita project could bring 2,000 jobs and $1.8B investment, but CHIPS Act funding is key
Kansas is giving more than $300 million in state APEX incentives to Integra Technologies to build a new semiconductor factory in Wichita. The Wichita megaproject could bring 2,000 jobs and more than $1.8 billion in capital investments to the state’s…
Governor Kelly Announces 37 Rural Mural Projects Completed in 2022
Governor Laura Kelly announced today that 37 murals were completed in 14 Kansas communities in 2022 through the Office of Rural Prosperity’s (ORP) Rural Mural and Public Art Grant Programming. These grants helped communities with fewer than 10,000 residents create…
Steps underway to move Salina toward ‘Zero Waste’
Although the Salina Municipal Solid Waste Landfill is expected to last another 180 years of service to the city, steps are being taken already to reduce the amount of waste going into the designated ground southwest of the city. When…
Topeka hired its 1st female police officer 130 years ago. Today, 13% of force are women.
Woman are better represented in the upper ranks at the Topeka Police Department than at most police agencies in similarly sized U.S. cities. But compared to those cities, women are underrepresented at the lower-level supervisory rank of sergeant. Meanwhile, Topeka's…
In leaving Topeka, Hill’s Pet Nutrition gets $3M from taxpayers to keep headquarters in Kansas
Kansas taxpayers will give $3 million in economic development incentives to Hill's Pet Nutrition as part of the company's relocation of its headquarters from Topeka to Overland Park. The company didn't mention the taxpayer-funded incentives when it announced Jan. 11…
‘The history of the town’: Project working to conserve, clean headstones in historic Oak Hill Cemetery
Before lichens and other biological growth were cleaned from the headstone in Oak Hill Cemetery, neither the name of the person buried there nor the stone’s ornamentation was clearly visible. The surface of the stone was covered in black, green…
Experts point to challenges for megadeal in Wichita
...many of the same criticisms leveled against the Panasonic deal — and diverting state monies to economic development projects more broadly — remain, while some question the wisdom of using the incentive framework on a company already based in Kansas.…
Russell groups trying to land Buc-ee’s convenience store
Just 262 miles to go, you can hold it. So says one of the many signs promoting the up-and-coming super chain of Buc-ee's convenience stores popular in the southern United States. But not if Russell Economic Development and CVB and…
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