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Governor Kelly Celebrates Grand Opening of Panasonic EV Battery Manufacturing Facility in De Soto
July 14, 2025
Governor Kelly Announces Grand Opening of Heartland Coca-Cola Olathe Production Campus
June 10, 2025
Merck Animal Health Investing $895M in De Soto Plant Expansion
May 08, 2025
Governor Kelly Announces Fiserv to Open Strategic Fintech Hub in Kansas; Create 2,000 Jobs
April 21, 2025
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Kansas, Korea Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Reciprocal Driver’s Licenses Governor Laura Kelly today announced that the State of Kansas and the Republic of Korea signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that establishes reciprocal driver’s license recognition between the two jurisdictions. Commerce Launches New Program to Power Research, Innovation in Kansas Announcing the launch of ACCEL-KS – Kansas SBIR/STTR Matching Program (Phases 0 and 1), a new initiative to help Kansas innovators, entrepreneurs and researchers compete and win in the national innovation arena. Commerce Wins President’s Award for Innovation from COSCDA for Youth Job Training Program Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced the Kansas Department of Commerce has received national recognition for its Youth Job Training project in Bartlett. Governor Kelly and Kansas Department of Commerce Celebrate Kansas Businesses at 2025 ‘To The Stars’ Ceremony Kansas businesses and entrepreneurs were honored Thursday night at the Robert W. Plaster Center at Pittsburg State University for their outstanding contributions to Kansas communities and the state economy at the Kansas Department of Commerce’s 2025 To The Stars: Kansas Business Awards ceremony. View AllOur Department
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A growing number of companies are choosing Kansas to locate their headquarters and professional services, tapping into the state’s highly qualified, educated workforce.
Location and infrastructure are critical to a business’ ability to be competitive. There’s no state better suited for your logistics and distribution operations than Kansas.
Known as America’s breadbasket, Kansas produces nearly 20 percent of all wheat grown in the U.S. While our roots in agriculture are deep and well known, specialty food and beverage manufacturers and consumer brands have also embraced Kansas as home for their operations.
Kansas has a proud history as an aerospace manufacturing leader. Some of the industry’s earliest pioneers, including Clyde Cessna, Walter and Olive Anne Beech and Lloyd Stearman made Kansas their home. Help us write the next chapter for the industry in our state.
The animal health sector in Kansas continues to grow in both size and influence. Anchored by Manhattan, Kansas, and Columbia, Missouri, the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor is the single largest concentration of animal health interests in the world.
Kansas’ investment in the life sciences continues to attract biotech companies from around the globe.
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As an agricultural leader and a state blessed with tremendous natural resources, Kansas is well positioned to be a forerunner in renewable energy production.

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