A state whose citizens call themselves Jayhawks — the term for bands of raiders who terrorized and robbed civilians on both sides of the Kansas-Missouri border before and during the Civil War — would not be expected to be friendly to the environmental, social and governance, or ESG, movement. Its state senate is considering SB 224: Kansas protection of pensions and businesses against ideological interference act, commonly referred to as an anti-ESG or anti-woke bill. Alan Conroy, Executive Director of the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS), offered explosive testimony against the bill, putting its cost in terms of lost returns at $1.14 billion today and $3.6 billion over the next 10 years.
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