AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoData Center Push Meets Backlash: In southwest Kansas, residents are packing public meetings to challenge a proposed data center-plus-solar project, arguing it could disrupt farming and leave landowners out of the loop as local rules catch up to a 20-year sales tax break. Energy & Tech: SpaceX is warning regulators may step in after AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon’s satellite-to-phone joint venture drew collusion concerns. Ag Watch: Wheat remains under pressure as drought and disease risks weigh on outlooks, while Kansas updates its noxious weed list—adding spotted and diffuse knapweed and teasels, and removing pignut. Business Growth: Dave’s Hot Chicken is set to open in Wichita and Manhattan, and New Again Houses says five new Kansas-area franchise deals are underway. Public Safety: A motorcyclist died after crashing into a USPS trailer in Kansas City, and Kansas City, Kan., investigators are probing another officer-involved shooting.
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