2+ week, 5+ day ago   (865+ words) Lt. Gov. David Toland, who is also Kansas commerce secretary, didn’t expect to sit on a plane flying across the Pacific Ocean in June 2022. But the Commerce Department was on the verge of losing a hallmark deal. “We were just…...

4+ week, 12+ hour ago   (1071+ words) Investors are looking for more big outcomes — from billion-dollar valuations to IPOs — and plentiful startups in the pipeline behind them, said Victor Gutwein, delivering the verdict on Kansas City for his firm’s 2026 ranking of Midwest startup cities. Cues from KC’s…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (218+ words) Kansas families didn't ask to become the front lines of the digital currency debate. But when crypto kiosks started showing up in gas stations and grocery stores across our state, and scammers started using them to drain the savings of…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (768+ words) BUCYRUS, Kan. — There was no ribbon cutting. No balloon arch. When the clerk threw open the doors of the post office in this tiny Kansas town, she got right to business, handing out P.O. box keys and selling stamps. “Welcome…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (692+ words) TOPEKA (KSNT) – Engineers are in a race against the clock to find a way to prolong the life of Kansas’ reservoirs and save them from a muddy fate. All reservoirs in Kansas suffer from the same problem: each is gradually…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (552+ words) Numerous landowners testified against the proposed line, arguing it would destroy prairie grasslands and interfere with ranching, farming and oil and gas operations....

4+ mon, 18+ hour ago   (1161+ words) EDGERTON, Kan. — Data center project proposals continue to pop up across rural southern Johnson County, Kansas. The latest will go before the Edgerton Planning Commission on Tuesday evening, with an informational meeting with the developer at 4:30pm in Greenspace, located at…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago   (526+ words) TOPEKA — The state of Kansas’ credit rating upgrade from stable to positive by a leading financial research firm set off a scramble among politicians claiming responsibility for the improved outlook. Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, said the adjustment by Moody’s…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (293+ words) WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Kansas business and agriculture leaders had a positive outlook Friday following the Supreme Court decision on tariffs. “I would say probably ‘cautious optimism’ is a good way to frame how we’re feeling,” Kansas Soybean Association CEO Kaleb…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (362+ words) TOPEKA — Republican Sen. Michael Murphy sold the Kansas Legislature on granting investors in gold and silver an exemption from state capital gains tax by noting the insightful allegory about monetary policy woven into “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” “Lot of…...