The city of Salina has progressed mightily recently, boasting a revitalized downtown, several growing college campuses and a future full of incoming jobs. One major problem remains. “We’re in desperate need of housing.” Lauren Driscoll, director of Salina’s Community and Development Services department, knows she is not the only person around town who holds this sentiment. Salina has been stuck at a population short of 50,000 for decades, and with an influx of jobs that will be offered by expanding employers in the coming years, there is a chance of finally surpassing that threshold.
Source: Salina Journal.

A legal dispute making its way through Shawnee County District Court could undercut the current quarantine structure used by scores of schools and local health departments across the state, with a Topeka-area parent arguing the process is flawed. What began as Shawnee Heights Unified School District 450 parent Jill Foster-Koch challenging the quarantine orders of her two daughters could have far greater implications. Embedded in the challenge, filed last month, is an argument that school districts in the county are effectively serving as an extension of the county health department in ordering quarantines, something Foster-Koch’s lawyers argue state law doesn’t allow.
Source: Dodge Globe.

University of Kansas researchers are trying to create a snapshot of broadband access for every ZIP code in Kansas and now are asking for the public’s help in the effort. A project that KU’s Institute for Policy & Social Research is conducting with the University of Michigan is asking Kansas residents to take a brief survey to describe the broadband internet options in their community. The survey can be taken at ipsr.ku.edu.
Source: LJWorld.com.