For May 2024, Kansas tax revenue was 23.1 percent lower than May 2023, and 22.7 percent lower than estimated.
For the Wichita metropolitan area in April 2024, most employment indicators changed only slightly from the prior month. Wichita continues to perform poorly compared to its peers.
We see some student loan borrowers complaining that after paying for many years, they still owe a large portion of the loan. Here’s how the math works.
Employment in large counties, including Sedgwick County and others of interest.
For both business applications and business formations, Kansas does better than some states, but lags many states and the nation.
This chart shows the relationship between the median credit scores of residents in each U.S. state and the percentage of votes that Donald Trump received in the 2020 election.
Kansas has more state government employees per resident than most states. The trend is steady after rising.
In Kansas in April 2024, the labor force rose, the number of jobs rose, and the unemployment rate rose compared to the previous month. Over the year, Kansas is at the midpoint of states in job growth.
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