Kansas

Fiduciary responsibilities and politics are keeping the ESG debate alive in public finance.

Laws enacted in Arkansas and Kansas will reduce income tax revenue by hundreds of millions of dollars in fiscal 2025.

In a one-day special session, lawmakers passed a bill expanding an economic development bond program to finance venues for the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals.

Legislative leaders want the Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs to weigh in on a plan to use bonds for a new stadium on their side of the state line.

The state House easily overrode the governor's veto of a bill aimed at lowering income, sales, and property taxes,but the Senate's attempt failed by one vote.

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly nixed another tax cut bill passed by the Republican-led legislature this year, while pushing a less-costly plan.

While Kansas' sales tax and revenue (STAR) bond program recorded its first default late last year, Bonner Springs is considering using it for a development that includes a Mattel toy-themed amusement park.

The state's transportation department plans to sell $200 million of highway fund revenue bonds this summer for its Eisenhower Legacy Transportation Program.

As double-digit revenue growth comes to an end, Southwest governors are crafting budgets to deal with the new normal.

A $25.5 million cash offer plus some equity was made to acquire Legacy Park, which was financed with $284 million of now-defaulted revenue bonds.