Donald Trump is returning to Kansas to showcase his administration’s record on workers, families, seniors, farmers and rural communities. The White House says the state is benefiting from tax relief, rising private investment and job creation.
Kansas taxpayers received average refunds of $3,453 in 2026, according to the White House. About 500,000 seniors in the state qualify for a new deduction. The administration says the tax changes safeguarded 53,000 jobs, $10 billion in state GDP and $5 billion in workers’ wages.
Kansas secured $222 million in first-year funding through the Rural Health Transformation Program. The administration also awarded nearly $17 million to 14 rural providers for diagnostic tools and remote patient monitoring, as well as $780,000 to improve patient transport between facilities.
Private projects include a $3 billion data center campus by Beale Infrastructure in De Soto. Merck Animal Health plans to invest $895 million to expand its De Soto facility and laboratories, creating 200 jobs. Fiserv is putting $175 million into a fintech hub in Overland Park that is expected to create 2,000 jobs.
The White House says nearly 53,000 Kansas farmers received more than $735 million through emergency assistance for the 2024 crop year. Nearly 50,000 producers also received more than $793 million under a national bridge program addressing trade disruptions and higher input costs.
In September 2026, Trump signed two executive orders to support American ranchers. That month, the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded more than $53 million to reconstruct and widen K-96 between I-135 and I-35 in Wichita.
The administration is also funding military installations in Kansas. Projects at Fort Riley are receiving $26 million, $5.5 million and $2.6 million; Fort Leavenworth is to get $8 million for a new fire station and $900,000 to update its current facility. In October 2026, Forbes Field in Topeka was named one of four candidate bases for the KC-46A Pegasus mission.
