Business

Kansas dairy industry grows on the shoulders of immigrants

Sometimes the flat expanse of corn fields in western Kansas are momentarily interrupted by a dairy farm. Over the last couple decades, Kansas has hopped on the dairy train and those farms are becoming bigger and more common. Major companies like Hilmar have set up shop, and with all the ...

Some US cities have begun rewarding careful drivers with fewer red lights

Officials struggled for years to curb high-speed crashes along a residential corridor cutting through Albuquerque, New Mexico, but simply punishing the lead-footed drivers didn't seem to work. What ultimately did was rewarding the law-abiding ones with fewer red lights. The solution, which ...

Kansas to receive $134M in settlement with Meta

TOPEKA — The parent company of social media platforms Facebook and Instagram agreed to one of the largest state consumer protection settlements in American history, paying $17.1 billion to most U.S. states and territories and promising to implement sweeping safety features to protect ...

State’s ag, political leaders dubious of Trump’s plan for importing beef

TOPEKA — Kansas ranchers and their representatives in the U.S. Senate responded with skepticism to President Donald Trump’s plan to ease tariffs on beef imports for 90 days in an attempt to moderate domestic grocery prices through the midterm election in November. Glenn Brunkow, president ...

Canada strikes back at US with retaliatory tariffs as trade war escalates

TORONTO (AP) — Canada struck back at the United States on Tuesday with retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion worth of American goods, including steel, dairy products, appliances and farm equipment, as the trade war between the once-friendly neighbors escalated sharply. The confrontation ...