Tag: Thrive Allen County
Controversial Commerce Secretary promoted to lieutenant governor
Gov. Laura Kelly tapped Commerce Secretary David Toland to serve as her lieutenant governor on Monday. Toland replaces Lt. Gov.…
$99k no-bid deal for Thrive Allen County to process CARES paperwork
While businesses all across Kansas are struggling to stay afloat, officials in Allen County diverted over $99,000 of the $2.4…
Rural listening tour reinforces Gov. Kelly’s plan for more spending
Governor Kelly’s press release announcing a $2 million effort to learn how to improve life in rural Kansas largely set…
For-profit Iola Industries connected to KS Commerce Secretary is ‘delinquent’
For-profit Iola Industries, a company connected to Commerce Secretary David Toland, is a delinquent corporation according to the Secretary of…
Toland nomination to Commerce Secretary off to rocky start
A second nominee of Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, David Toland, is under attack for social media postings. State senators questioned…
Are subsidies the ‘fix’ for economic challenges?
Government subsidies for a small portion of employers is the preferred attempt at economic development among many elected and economic…