There are almost no jobs in demand there apart from healthcare, government administration, and shipping logistics. The State of Kansas is the largest employer in Topeka (10k), more than double the next-highest (Stormont Vail Health @ 4,400).

They can't do anything to really create job demand out of thin air, especially because even if they entice companies to open an office there, they can't get them to pay high enough to make people move there (and why would a company move there when they can just hire remote?).

It's Kansas, so there's no real natural appeal (and Colorado is Bluer, richer, prettier, and due-west). The only thing going for them is their very low CoL.

The whole state is a literal flat empty field.