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  • It’s official: Chiefs are border hopping to KCK; Kansas now ‘a touchdown state,’ governor says

    It’s official: Chiefs are border hopping to KCK; Kansas now ‘a touchdown state,’ governor says

    December 22, 2025

    Editor’s note: The following story was published by Kansas News Service and KCUR, Kansas City’s NPR member station, and a fellow member of the KC Media Collective. Click here to read the original story or here to sign up for KCUR’s email newsletter. A major tax incentives package approved Monday by Kansas lawmakers will help the Chiefs build a new

  • KCultivator: This builder fell hard for Kansas City; turns out, it was a surprise she didn’t need to manifest

    KCultivator: This builder fell hard for Kansas City; turns out, it was a surprise she didn’t need to manifest

    December 22, 2025

    Editor’s note: KCultivators is a lighthearted profile series to highlight people who are meaningfully enriching Kansas City’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Kansas City is far from dry when it comes to opportunity, Becca Castro said, recalling her desert upbringing and admittedly low expectations for what a life in the Midwest could look like.  “I just thought, ‘Who

  • LISTEN: Kansas innovation boosters are willing to play in the same sandbox; it’s time to shout it from the rooftop, leader says

    LISTEN: Kansas innovation boosters are willing to play in the same sandbox; it’s time to shout it from the rooftop, leader says

    December 22, 2025

    In this bonus episode of Startland News’ Plug and Play Topeka podcast series, we’re joined by Lindsay Lebahn, director and partner success manager for Plug and Play Topeka (through Go Topeka), to look ahead at what’s next for the region’s innovation ecosystem. Lebahn shares how her work bridges Go Topeka’s economic development mission with the