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When will the worker shortages end?

2021-09-04T08:03:32-05:00September 3rd, 2021|

his Labor Day, the nation faces an overriding question. Where is the labor? And when is it coming back? The most severe worker shortages on record largely were expected to ease this month with the reopening of schools and expiration of enhanced unemployment benefits on Monday. Those milestones theoretically would allow millions of parents caring for their remote-learning kids to return to work and prod millions of unemployed people to more fervently hunt for jobs and accept offers. It’s proving not so simple. Source: GC Telegram.

Former home of Wolfe’s Camera to become site of Topeka’s multimillion-dollar downtown innovation campus

2021-09-03T07:13:29-05:00September 3rd, 2021|

GO Topeka has found a home for its forthcoming innovation campus. The local economic development agency announced Thursday it partnered with BioRealty Inc. to close on multiple properties in downtown Topeka, as part of the multimillion-dollar effort to stand up an innovation campus that will serve as the hub for Topeka's Plug and Play accelerator program and other innovative endeavors in the capital city. The campus is expected to be dubbed the ASTRA Innovation Center and will be located in the former home of Wolfe's Camera Shop, which closed earlier this summer after 97 years in business. Source: CJonline

Community members concerned by law enforcement pursuits in Wichita neighborhood

2021-09-03T07:10:05-05:00September 3rd, 2021|

Concerned residents in south Wichita say they’ve seen an increase in law enforcement pursuits go through their neighborhood and now they are speaking out. This is the scene after a high speed chase involving Sedgwick County Sheriff’s deputies in south Wichita -- The aftermath sent three people to the hospital, totaled two cars and destroyed the side of a nearby home. "We'll have police chases all the time, it seems like now,” said Mark Johnson. Johnson, who captured drone video of the crash over the weekend at Irving and Meridian, said he’s lived in the neighborhood for 11 years now, and [...]

In with new, out with old. Olathe Courthouse to be replaced by Johnson County Square

2021-09-03T07:09:16-05:00September 3rd, 2021|

Crews have finished demolishing the old Johnson County County Courthouse in downtown Olathe, and it will be replaced by an outdoor public space called Johnson County Square. The last walls of the old courthouse, left empty when a new courthouse opened across Santa Fe Street in January, came down early on Aug. 25. The demolition is being followed by debris removal and back-filling of the foundation with about 15,000 cubic yards of dirt that were removed during excavation for the new courthouse. In a news release, project manager Kyle Heltne estimated that the recycled dirt weighs about 33 million pounds. It [...]

Check out this adorable boat racing video from 1930s Wichita

2021-09-03T07:08:14-05:00September 3rd, 2021|

A rare opportunity to observe the excitement and life of Wichita in the mid-1930s made the rounds on local social media this week. With a slight blueish tint, images of men in life preservers racing atop the Little Arkansas River in speedboats play over lively trumpet-infused jazz. Men and women in hats and the dress of the mid-1930s gather on the banks, perching on lawn chairs as they watch the speedboat race excitement. Jeff Roth, who edited the video, shared it on a private Facebook page called “Wichita history from my perspective.” Source: Local News | Wichita Eagle

Old Abilene Town bringing history to life with ‘Chisholm Trail Days’ starting Friday

2021-09-03T07:06:57-05:00September 3rd, 2021|

Old Abilene Town is honoring its history with "Chisholm Trail Days" Friday and Saturday. The two-day festival will include gunfighters, can-can dancers, and a historic reenactment of the shooting of Wild Bill Hickok. Development Coordinator Michael Hook said the festival takes a look at what it was like long before Abilene was known as the hometown of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. "We want to go back to the time before Eisenhower and really get into what we really started as," Hook said. "I think a lot of the chronology of this town has a lot to thank for the cowboys [...]

Bringing broadband to the country

2021-09-03T06:45:57-05:00September 3rd, 2021|

By partnering with the Kansas Department of Transportation and a couple of soil health organizations, the Kansas Department of Agriculture can help farmers succeed. Many locations throughout the state are broadband dead zones. For farmers and truckers to utilize new technology, they need internet connectivity, but bringing that technology to rural areas with low population centers is not economically feasible for many companies. That is where KDA and KDOT come in. The two organizations got together with two soil health organizations to make an incentive plan to bring broadband to central Kansas. Source: Hutch News

Municipal Bond Trends for September 2, 2021

2021-09-03T06:44:44-05:00September 3rd, 2021|

The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of MBIS "investment grade" yields. Every issuer's credit is different. For rates that may be applicable to your municipality, contact our Municipal Bond Advisors, Larry Kleeman and Beth Warren.

Governor updates drought emergency, warnings and watches for Kansas counties

2021-09-03T06:39:51-05:00September 3rd, 2021|

Gov. Laura Kelly approved the updated Drought Declarations for Kansas counties with executive order 21-26. The declaration includes 87 out of 105 counties either in a warning or watch status. The drought declaration placed 14 counties into a warning status and 73 into a watch status. The action was recommended by Connie Owen, director of the Kansas Water Office and Chair of the Governor’s Drought Response Team. Source: KSN-TV

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