info2021-08-24T07:15:23-05:00August 24th, 2021|
"We have one in-home provider in Wichita County, and they don't take infants," Baker said. While the entire state has a lack of child care options, the problem is particularly bad in western Kansas where practically every family has a story like Elder and Baker. The problem is scaring away potential new Kansans, chasing away young families who might otherwise stay in the state and even sometimes closing down companies. Source: KAKE - News
info2021-08-24T06:55:20-05:00August 24th, 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.
info2021-08-24T06:47:34-05:00August 24th, 2021|
Wichita Public Schools will require masks indoors starting next week for everyone 3 years old and older as district data shows more than 3% of students are in quarantine less than two weeks into the school year. The Wichita Board of Education voted unanimously to approve the measure Monday night after Superintendent Alicia Thompson told board members that 1,612 students, or 3.4%, were in quarantine because of close contact with COVID-19. The mask mandate will go into effect Monday, Aug. 30. Source: Local News | Wichita Eagle
info2021-08-23T21:25:38-05:00August 23rd, 2021|
An urn that's over a century old is being renovated in Parsons. In 1908, an urn was placed in Forest Park only to be removed around a decade ago due to the installment of a new playground. Sunday morning, members of the community were invited to stick rocks around the vase of the urn as part of the restoration process. David Mattox, Parsons 150th Anniversary Committee, says, "It's just always been there. It's kind of a constant, so you like to have those things. People remember playing on these urns. There's hundreds of pictures of people posing by these urns from [...]
info2021-08-23T21:24:32-05:00August 23rd, 2021|
Debates about mask mandates and vaccine requirements have intensified in Kansas amid the surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the highly contagious delta variant. In Lawrence, a homeless shelter and theater decided to require vaccinations. “It just isn’t safe in a congregate setting — we don’t have walls, nobody has a room,” said Meghan Bahn, the director of community engagement at the Lawrence Community Shelter. She said most of the shelter’s 40 guests were either fully vaccinated or had received one shot. But she added that there were some people who said they did not plan to return to the shelter [...]
info2021-08-23T21:22:55-05:00August 23rd, 2021|
Pottawatomie County commissioners agreed Monday to use $100,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to support up to four additional positions for its overwhelmed health department. Health Department Director Leslie Campbell says her nursing staff, which includes she, the local health officer and two nurses, have been fielding a growing number of concerns and questions from school officials daily. Many, she says, are trying to navigate uncertainty as transmission rates and quarantines increase. Campbell says her department has fielded numerous phone calls the past few weeks from school officials, including superintendents about what protocols they should be following. Source: 1350 [...]
info2021-08-23T21:17:52-05:00August 23rd, 2021|
Education and brochures haven’t reduced the number of stray bullets flying in parts of rural Johnson County. Now law enforcement, the county commission and its legal department are considering a measure that will make firing bullets onto or over property without permission a code violation that could carry a maximum $1,000 fine. The new violation is meant to enforce safety measures that have not always been used by target shooters in the unincorporated area of the county, Sheriff Calvin Hayden told commissioners Thursday. Source: KCUR News
info2021-08-23T21:16:34-05:00August 23rd, 2021|
The Wichita school board has unanimously approved an indoor mask requirement for students. During their meeting Monday night, the board approved the requirement for all students ages 3 and older, starting August 30th. The decision is based on recent recommendations from local health officials and from the Centers for Disease Control. Sedgwick County’s Local Health Officer, Dr. Garold Minns, called for a mask requirement last week, but county commissioners voted to receive and file the recommendation rather than put it into effect. Wichita Superintendent Alicia Thompson told board members that 194 students and 51 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19. [...]
info2021-08-23T06:42:17-05:00August 23rd, 2021|
Military veterans and active-duty personnel from the U.S. Armed Forces can now be honored through the Hometown Heroes street banner program in downtown Louisburg. This new program, in partnership with the Louisburg American Legion, the Louisburg Chamber of Commerce and the city of Louisburg, honors veterans (living or deceased) and active-duty personnel who hail from Louisburg or Miami County, according to a city news release. ... Each banner costs $75 and will hang for two years from light poles located in downtown Louisburg. The banners will be displayed for several weeks during the Memorial Day and Veterans Day holidays, according to [...]
info2021-08-23T06:40:42-05:00August 23rd, 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.
