Kansas

The Wichita City Council on Tuesday approved a sales tax bond district to fund about half the projected cost of replacing Lawrence-Dumont Stadium with a new and more modern ball park.

Lawrence, Kan., introduced a new investor website to broaden the appeal of the college town's debt.

Voters in the Goddard, Kan., school district on Tuesday approved a bond issue for $52 million worth of school improvements.

A 15-cent increase in Kansas fuel taxes would support $264 million per year in highway projects, boosting economic activity by nearly $600 million, according to a road-building industry report.

Amid a two-year budget shortfall of nearly $800 million, Kansas lawmakers must increase funding for public schools, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s veto of a bill that would have increased income taxes leaves the state still struggling to balance its budget, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s veto of a bill that could have raised $1 billion over two years withstood an attempted override in the Kansas Senate.

With a strong, fourth-quarter kick, bond volume in the Southwest set a second consecutive record at $83.4 billion, surpassing the 2015 total by 7.2%, according to data from Thomson Reuters.

Facing a $900 million shortfall, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is proposing a combination of tax increases, cuts in transportation and pension funding and the sale of tobacco settlement securitization bonds.

After reducing its revenue forecast for the current fiscal year, Kansas hit its November revenue target as lawmakers prepared for another lean budget year.