Kansas is Shooting to the Stars
August 2, 2022
By Kansas Department of Commerce
Forget what you thought you knew about Kansas being stuck in the middle, either geographically or economically.
Meet the new Kansas, where being smack dab in the center of the nation is a distinct advantage in a state that’s now one of the most dominant forces on the economic development landscape.
That may sound like big talk from a small state, but recent results back it up. Even as a pandemic upset the global economy, Kansas was on its way to achieving the most private-sector business investment in stat...
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