State of Kansas
Recent News About State of Kansas
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“LIST OF SENATORS BY STATES” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on Jan. 3
The Senate section of the Congressional Record published “LIST OF SENATORS BY STATES” on Jan. 3.
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“ADMINISTRATION OF OATH OF OFFICE” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on Jan. 3
“ADMINISTRATION OF OATH OF OFFICE” was published on pages S4-S5 of the Congressional Record on Jan. 3.
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“WELCOMING MEMBERS OF THE SENATE” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on Jan. 3
The Congressional Record published “WELCOMING MEMBERS OF THE SENATE” in the Senate section on Jan. 3.
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Kansas is ranked 31st in the nation for public pension contributions in 2020
Kansas received $1.6 million in public pension contributions, ranking it 31st in the United States in 2020, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of Public Pensions.
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VA Purchase Loans in Kansas average $238,125 for Q4 2020
The average VA Purchase Loan amount for Kansas in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020 was $238,125, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.
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VA Purchase Loans in Kansas average $221,261 for Q3 2020
The average VA Purchase Loan amount for Kansas in the third quarter of fiscal year 2020 was $221,261, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.
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Kansas pension investment earnings fall 28.5%
The earnings on investments for Kansas public pensions dropped from $526,586 in 2019 to $376,641 in 2020, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Pensions.
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Kansas’s property tax revenue up 16.7 percent since Q4 2019
Kansas collected $7 million in property taxes during the fourth quarter of 2020, a 16.7 percent increase over the same period the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.
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VA issues more Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in Kansas in 2020 vs. 2019
The VA issued 9,047 Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in Kansas during the 2020 fiscal year, totaling $2 billion, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.
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Census Bureau: More women than men in Kansas in 2019
Of the 2,910,652 people living in Kansas in 2019, 50.2 percent (1,459,955) were women and 49.8 percent (1,450,697) were men, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained by the Sunflower State News.
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Kansas ranked fourth in nation with rental vacancy rate of 11.8% in Q4 2020
Kansas ranked fourth in the nation in the fourth quarter with a rental vacancy rate of 11.8 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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VA Purchase Loans in Kansas average $209,486 for Q2 2020
The average VA Purchase Loan amount for Kansas in the second quarter of fiscal year 2020 was $209,486, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.
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Kansas reports $1.6 million in public pension contributions in 2020
In 2020, Kansas had received $1.6 million in contributions to its public pension funds, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of Public Pensions.
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Kansas collects $7 million in property tax revenue in Q4 2020
Kansas collected $7 million in property taxes during the fourth quarter of 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.
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AG Schmidt: It is ‘time to put this election behind us’
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is encouraging voters to move on after the United States Supreme Court denied a challenge from Texas.
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Kansas’ approach to COVID causing hysteria
Kansas finds itself at 346 deaths per million making it 16th in the country when it comes to COVID-related deaths, according to the COVID Tracking Project.
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Kansas ranked third in nation with rental vacancy rate of 12.1% in 2020
Kansas ranked third in the nation throughout 2020 with a rental vacancy rate of 12.1 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Analysis: Mask mandates didn’t stop Covid spread in Kansas
Researchers have found the July 3 mask mandate in Kansas did nothing to stop Covid outbreaks and is correlated with a rise in cases.
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Kansas’s property tax revenue up 19 percent since Q3 2019
Kansas collected $25 million in property taxes during the third quarter of 2020, a 19 percent increase over the same period the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.
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Kansas collects $25 million in property tax revenue in Q3 2020
Kansas collected $25 million in property taxes during the third quarter of 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.