Posts Tagged ‘Johnson County’
News Release | 69Express Groundbreaking marks the State’s first Express Toll Lane Project
News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Corey Cohn, ccohn@opchamber.org or (913) 766-7605 State and local officials break ground on 69Express – Kansas’s first express toll lane project (Overland Park, Kan.) February 17, 2023 – Governor Laura Kelly was joined the Federal Highway Administrator (FHWA) Shailen Bhatt, Representative Sharice Davids of the Kansas 3rd District, and other…
Read MoreNews Release | HCA Midwest Health announces groundbreaking for Medical Plaza in Corbin Park
News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Stan Lawson, slawson@opchamber.org or (913) 766-7601 HCA Midwest Health announces groundbreaking for Medical Plaza in Corbin Park The HCA Midwest team, Chamber Staff, and City of Overland Park officials breakground on the $30 million project. (Overland Park, Kan.) August 24, 2022 – Menorah Medical Center – part of HCA…
Read MorePresident’s Message | APEX transforms and protects
President’s Message August 2022 From the Business Perspective Newsletter APEX transforms and protects Four billion dollars. Four thousand jobs. 300 acres. 2.5 million square feet. A behemoth project, Kansas ultimately competed toe to toe with Oklahoma to win the heart of Panasonic to bring production of its electric-vehicle batteries to the former Sunflower Army Ammunition…
Read MoreThis Week in Topeka | May 23, 2022
This Week in Topeka May 23, 2022 Business, Economic Development & Local Government News from the Legislative Session It’s over. With the Kansas Supreme Court having ruled in favor of the State on redistricting maps just a few days earlier, the one-day session scheduled for Monday, May 23 was a lot less eventful than…
Read MoreVeto Session Report | May 9, 2022
Veto Session Report May 9, 2022 Business, Economic Development & Local Government News from the Legislative Session Lawmakers returned to Topeka on April 25 to convene the wrap-up period known as Veto Session. True to its name, senators and representatives attempted a handful of veto overrides while also wrapping up other items of business before…
Read MoreThis Week in Topeka | March 28-April 1, 2022
This Week in Topeka March 28-April 1, 2022 Business, Economic Development & Local Government News from the Legislative Session The main part of the 2022 Legislative Session has come to a close. Lawmakers will return to Topeka on April 25 for the veto session where they will consider potential gubernatorial vetoes and wrap up remaining…
Read MoreThis Week in Topeka | March 21-25, 2022
This Week in Topeka March 21-25, 2022 Business, Economic Development & Local Government News from the Legislative Session A planned short week has come to a close in Topeka. Lawmakers spent their time on their respective chamber floors churning through bills and amendments in advance of Wednesday’s deadline to consider all bills. Lawmakers will return…
Read MoreThis Week in Topeka | March 14-18, 2022
This Week in Topeka March 14-18, 2022 Business, Economic Development & Local Government News from the Legislative Session With just a few exceptions we’ve reached the time of year where committees are finished with their work. Most of the attention now returns to the House and Senate floors where the bodies will fine tune legislation…
Read MoreThis Week in Topeka | March 7-11, 2022
This Week in Topeka March 7-11, 2022 Business, Economic Development & Local Government News from the Legislative Session Just as things were humming along in Topeka, Mother Nature decided to cut things short with another Thursday snowstorm. While the incoming snow didn’t put everything on hold, it did cause quite a few hearings to be…
Read MoreThis Week in Topeka | February 28-March 4, 2022
This Week in Topeka February 28-March 4, 2022 Business, Economic Development & Local Government News from the Legislative Session Not sure if it was the unseasonably warm weather or not, but action in the statehouse was perhaps a little more quiet than usual for this time in the session. Committees continue to evaluate proposals as…
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