Nov 1, 2022
RUSSELL – Governor Laura Kelly today announced $1 million will be going to the City of Russell to increase affordable and moderate-income housing options in central Kansas. Russell is using the funds, allocated through the bipartisan House Bill 2510 Governor Kelly signed this past May, to redevelop the former Holland Hotel into…
Read MoreOct 31, 2022
OLATHE – Today, Governor Laura Kelly announced that KCAS Bioanalytical and Biomarker Services has opened a $28 million laboratory in Olathe that will create 175 new jobs for Kansans. Kansas Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary Paul Hughes attended the ribbon-cutting and grand opening celebration of the state-of-the-art 70,000 square-foot facility on Thursday,…
Read MoreOct 28, 2022
TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly today announced that Kansas Tourism, in partnership with the Patterson Family Foundation, is providing nearly $2 million to eight tourism projects across the state to enhance the state’s growing tourism industry. Tourism Attraction Sub-grants for Kansas (TASK) were presented by Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce…
Read MoreOct 27, 2022
TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly today announced that Radiation Detection Technologies, Inc. (RDT), a semiconductor device manufacturer, is expanding its operations around Manhattan. The company will create 30 new jobs over the next five years with a $4 million investment to construct a new facility and purchase new semiconductor processing equipment.…
Read MoreOct 26, 2022
~$400M investment fuels 2,000 Kansas Jobs~ TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly today welcomed some of America’s most iconic retail brands – including Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie – at a ribbon-cutting for URBN’s new 1.5 million square-foot omni-channel fulfillment center in Kansas City. The new, state-of-the-art facility represents a $403 million investment…
Read MoreOct 21, 2022
TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly announced today that Salina-based Vortex Global has won the 2022 Governor’s Award of Excellence and Textron Aviation in Wichita earned the Governor’s Exporter of the Year Award. Businesses and individuals from across the state were honored Thursday night for outstanding contributions to Kansas communities and the…
Read MoreOct 18, 2022
TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly today announced the 12 grant recipients of the Rural by Choice Champions Program (Rural Champions) that launched earlier this year in collaboration with the Patterson Family Foundation. The selected Rural Champions will be a part of a statewide network of grassroots individuals tackling critical projects in…
Read MoreOct 17, 2022
~Pinnacle Aerospace’s $14.7M Investment in Wellington will Create 155 New Jobs~ TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly today announced that aerospace parts manufacturer Pinnacle Aerospace, LLC, will be investing $14.7 million in a new facility in Wellington, Kansas, creating 155 quality jobs. The plant will build and assemble complex hard metal…
Read MoreOct 14, 2022
SALINA – Governor Laura Kelly today joined representatives of Great Plains Manufacturing and Kubota Corporation for the grand opening of a new construction equipment manufacturing facility in Salina. The $178 million investment by Great Plains to produce compact track loaders for Kubota has already created 150 new jobs, and eventually will…
Read MoreOct 14, 2022
TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly today encouraged Kansans currently searching for employment or looking to make a career change to participate in the next KANSASWORKS Virtual Job Fair, which takes place from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 19. The virtual fair will focus on all state agency…
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