Wichita

City Council members approved a motion denouncing James Clendenin, who denies involvement in a false 2019 campaign ad attacking Mayor Brandon Whipple.

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Wichita City Council Condemns Member's Alleged Role In Anti-Whipple Ad

Nadya Faulx

Wichita City Council members voted Tuesday to formally denounce one of their colleagues and two other elected officials accused of putting together a...

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Defense Work Offers New Opportunities For Spirit AeroSystems

Tom Shine

2020 has not been kind to aviation manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems. The continued grounding of the Boeing 737 Max — the company's most important program...

Boeing built a special cargo plane, the Dreamlifter, to move composite fuselages from Spirit AeroSystems to other plants. Spirit's work on commercial airline fuselages might help Kansas in an economic downturn.

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State's Plane-Making Industry Could Provide Safe Landing For Kansas In A Recession

Stephan Bisaha

Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke compared the national economy to a Looney Tunes character : magically floating in the air for a moment...

Kansas Gov.-elect Laura Kelly and Gov. Jeff Colyer were among elected officials who attended a news conference where Spirit AeroSystems president and CEO Tom Gentile made a major job announcement.

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Spirit AeroSystems Announces It Will Hire 1,400 More Workers In Kansas

Spirit AeroSystems announced Wednesday it will add 1,400 new jobs over the course of the next year. The aviation company is the largest employer in...