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State Focus – Kansas: The Sunflower State Is Blooming and Booming

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The state’s largest city, Wichita, is known as the Air Capital of the World due to the prominent role it plays in aviation manufacturing. Wichita’s aviation manufacturers are supported by the National Center for Aviation Training and Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Kansas – Agricultural Biotechnology Research Is Growing In Kansas

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Senate committee has endorsed spending $404 million in the next fiscal year to construct a new federal research lab at Kansas State University (KSU). NBAF will be constructed on a 46-acre site north of Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS. Roberts said construction on the NBAF would start without delay after the U.S.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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So this year we’re introducing our Cybersecurity Growth Potential ranking, which is based on an across-the-board evaluation of each state’s cyber ecosystem, including higher ed resources, research labs and innovation centers, and partnerships with national security programs, as well as employment. Louisiana, no.

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2012 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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This has enabled us to track everything from Most Business Start-Ups to Most Wind Projects Under Construction. With innovative incentives and Oscar-worthy talent, Louisiana is the top-ranked state in our new Digital Media Leaders category. When you factor in the demand from emerging overseas markets in Asia and South America, the U.S.

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