Category Archives: Commerce, Labor, and Economic Development

Dylan DearManaging Fiscal AnalystDylan.Dear@klrd.ks.gov785-296-0665 Elaina RudderResearch AnalystElaina.Rudder@klrd.ks.gov785-296-4395 Chardae CaineFiscal AnalystChardae.Caine@klrd.ks.gov785-296-3183 Kansas, through the Kansas Department of Commerce and Kansas Department of Revenue, hosts a variety of job creation incentive programs. These programs include both tax incentives and more direct business incentives. Attracting Powerful Economic Expansion (APEX) APEX is the most recent economic incentive program createdContinue reading “Job Creation Programs”

Chardae CaineFiscal AnalystChardae.Caine@klrd.ks.gov785-296-3183 Edward PennerSenior EconomistEdward.Penner@klrd.ks.gov785-291-0733 This brief provides information on how communities collaboratively prepare for economic development projects. Considerations for Economic Development Projects Preparing for new business ventures in a community includes many stakeholders, such as economic development leaders, universities and colleges, housing developers, and other current business leaders. These stakeholders collaborate to defineContinue reading “Local Community Involvement in Economic Development Projects”

Matthew WillisSenior Research AnalystMatthew.Willis@klrd.ks.gov785-296-4443 Elaina RudderResearch AnalystElaina.Rudder@klrd.ks.gov785-296-4395 History of Workers’ Compensation Workers’ compensation systems in the United States have existed since the early 20th century with Wisconsin’s being the first in 1911 and Mississippi’s being the most recent in 1948. Unlike other worker safety nets such as unemployment insurance or disability benefits, workers’ compensation systemsContinue reading “Workers’ Compensation and Mental Health Benefit Limits”