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Kansas competitiveness improving but growth still lags several neighbors, consultant tells committee
Summary
Ted Abernathy of Economic Leadership told the committee that Kansas’s economy has improved modestly since the pandemic but still trails several neighboring states on job and wage growth.
Ted Abernathy, managing partner of Economic Leadership, told the Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development that Kansas has seen modest economic gains since the COVID-19 pandemic but still ranks in the middle of U.S. states on several measures of growth.
Abernathy said Kansas’s gross domestic product rose roughly 8% since the pandemic while the national average rose about 10%, placing the state roughly 35th nationally on some measures. He highlighted the state’s strengths — notably an infrastructure ranking in the top five and steady…
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