Six negotiators representing the House and Senate worked through a list of reforms Saturday aimed at imposing greater oversight of sales-tax financed bonds issued by the state for economic development projects in Kansas.
Interest in placing more statutory control over STAR bonds became a point of emphasis in the 2016 session when legislators learned Gov. Sam Brownback was privately developing a plan to earmark $42 million in retiring Wyandotte County bonds to help the American Royal relocate from Kansas City, Mo., to an area west of Kansas City, ...