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What Will It Take to Win CHIPS Act Funding?

by Ron Starner

One region in Upstate New York appears to have figured it out.

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Something Ventured

by Adam Bruns

Dig into the national data and you’ll find Kansas playing a more and more prominent role in sparking innovation.

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Strength In Small Numbers

by Alexis Elmore

Micropolitan areas outperform Kansas metros in recent economic rankings.

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Feels Like Home

by Alexis Elmore

Kansas has the perks that’ll make your visit a permanent stay.

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There’s Fast, and There’s Quantum Fast

by Mark Arend

When even supercomputers aren’t up to the job, it’s time for quantum computing, and Colorado is rapidly becoming home to a quantum computing cluster.

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5 Colorado Cities to Watch

by Ron Starner

A closer look at the metro areas driving the Western U.S. economy.

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Colorado Keeps It CHIP-per

by Alexis Elmore

Trust in the state’s semiconductor industry
comes with a $600 million payday.

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How Colorado Became a Research Juggernaut

by Ron Starner

From life-saving medical breakthroughs to everyday items we take for granted, Colorado innovation has been changing lives for the better for many decades.

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On a Higher Plain

by Ron Starner

Colorado’s colleges and universities compete to win on the national stage.

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Painting a Picture of Success

Trinidad’s arts industries foster a cultural hub that’s a hit with creatives, entrepreneurs and, possibly, big industry.

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The State of SMART

by Gary Daughters

Colorado boasts a standout workforce steeped in tech.

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How Colorado Forms Governance, Employment & Energy Policy

by Mark Arend

Named America’s fourth best state for business by CNBC in 2022, Colorado has been implementing measures in recent years that should keep it near the top of that ranking and others in the future.

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From Chips to Powder, Colorado Has it All

Diversity of the state economy is a harbinger of a bright future.

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Robust In the Rockies

by Adam Bruns

Colorado’s environment for doing business is as healthy as its growing populace.

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Tools You Can Use:

by Adam Bruns

Kansas Programs Enable Personal, Community and Business Growth

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Features

Life Sciences Like Ireland

by Adam Bruns

Medtronic’s Hugo™ system — a modular, multi-quadrant platform for soft-tissue robotic-assisted surgery that some say will rival Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci system — continues to gain regulatory approvals worldwide and was used for the first time in Europe in early 2022.

Photo courtesy of Medtronic

Medtech in particular takes a fancy to the island, where two major companies alone employ more than 8,000.

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Town & Gown Get Along Just Fine Here

by Ron Starner

How Kansas built a network that cultivates partners in innovation.

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Vytelle Chooses Lenexa as Global Headquarters

by Ron Starner

Vytelle announced on Dec. 6 that it would relocate its global headquarters from Hermiston, Oregon, to Lenexa, Kansas, about 15 months after the company secured $13.2 million in Series A funding from a collection of Midwest- and Kansas-based investors.

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Middle America Has Never Looked Better

by Ron Starner

Logistics end-users value Kansas’ central U.S. location and access to markets.

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Connecting Kansans to the Fastest Internet Yet

by Ron Starner

The state is doing its part to connect more homes and businesses to broadband.

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KANSAS: Where Foodies Find Paradise

by Ron Starner

The seeds of food processing success are planted
in the soil of the Sunflower State.

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‘Every New Business Begins With a Tourist’

by Ron Starner

Here’s how Kansas is turning tourism into economic development.

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