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Hype meets headwinds: Kansas megaprojects face reality check amid subsidies, slower markets

(TesMag photo) When Kansas leaders announced a $4 billion electric vehicle battery plant in De Soto in July 2022 and
By Dane Hicks
6 min
29Apr 2026

Grant application for $1.9 billion Coffey County semiconductor plant denied by USDOC

BURLINGTON – Coffey County Commissioners will meet June 2nd with the primary driver of a proposed BETO Junction-area semiconductor chip
By Dane Hicks
2 min
28May 2025

Override of Kelly’s veto will stimulate jobs in Kansas City

Kansas is on the brink of a transformative economic era, thanks to the recent establishment of Finserv Inc.'s fintech hub
By Dane Hicks
3 min
20May 2025

Protection from stalking order against newspaper publisher dismissed by Lyon County judge

EMPORIA – A Lyon County judge Friday dismissed a protection from stalking order filed against Garnett newspaper publisher Dane Hicks
By Dan Thalmann
3 min
04Mar 2024

More than half of Kansas business leaders say workforce is “unsatisfactory”

A year-end poll of 300 Kansas business leaders finds tax cuts, making the state’s economy more competitive, and workforce development at the
By Dane Hicks
3 min
04Jan 2024