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Simmons Pet Food Expanding Kansas Packaging Facility

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Image: Kansas Department of Commerce. The expansion will increase yearly facility output to an estimated 12.4 Today’s announcement by Simmons Pet Food is great news for the economy in East Central Kansas,” said Kent Heermann, President, Regional Development Association, East Central Kansas. in Emporia.

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Davis Bacon versus Prevailing Wage Rates & Construction

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After Kansas’ prevailing wage law was repealed, wages fell 11 percent, training programs declined 38 percent, job site injuries rose 19 percent and employer contributions to pensions fell 17 percent. – Study prepared for the State of Kansas. R epealing such laws hurts taxpayers and workers.

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Reser’s Fine Foods Investing $86.5M In Topeka, KS Plant

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“These new positions will allow employees to secure sustainable employment and access additional training.”. Additionally, the recurring impact is estimated at $90 million each year as long as the 180 jobs are maintained. Additionally, the recurring impact is estimated at $90 million each year as long as the 180 jobs are maintained.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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Over the course of the grant’s 12-year term, the project will grow the state’s economy by an estimated $6.3 In our Solar Power Employment category, Florida has surged into 2nd place and Ohio has joined the top 10. The center will ultimately employ up to 2,000 associates. Ellison, Lowe’s president and CEO.

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Baseball, Hot Dogs and Economic Development

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The people out in Kansas still peering over snow drifts will probably find this hard to believe, but the baseball season starts on Monday. Hundreds of millions is a very fair estimate.”. Commissioners also voted to use casino tax revenues estimated to total up to $6 million this year to help balance the fund.

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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This means that new hot spots of tech innovation are springing up in places like Kansas City, the site of Google’s new high speed Google Fiber network, and Pittsburgh, a new hotbed for innovative tech start-ups. Greater Kansas City: Silicon Prairie. Kansas City most notably stood out for its significant growth of tech companies.

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How a general contractor thrives when everything in the world goes wrong

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Garry Myers , senior estimator/planner with Clark Construction Company and his approximately 120 colleagues at the Lansing, MI-based general contractor, have had more than their share of challenges in the past few years — and decades. With the software tools, Clark could generate solid cost estimates based on various “what ifs.”