Commerce official urges five-year extension of Kansas Star Bond program

Feb 5, 2025

Bob North of the Kansas Department of Commerce briefed a legislative committee on the Star Bond program, urging a five-year extension before next year’s sunset and outlining program mechanics, recent statutory expansions, project performance, and visitor-tracking requirements.

The full story

Bob North, chief counsel for the Kansas Department of Commerce, told a legislative committee that the state should extend the Star Bond program for five years to give developers and cities predictability while complex tourism projects move through long development timelines.

Free newsletter

Sign up to keep reading.

Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.

or
Already have an account? Sign in