Ranson Financial, Author at Ranson Financial Group LLC

Webinars coming up for Emergency Rural Health Care Grants

This program provides up to $500 million in grant funding to help broaden access to COVID-19 testing and vaccines, rural health care services, and food assistance through food banks and food distribution facilities. Eligible applicants include public bodies, community-based nonprofits, and federally-recognized Tribes. Facilities and projects supported through this grant must be located in rural areas with populations of 20,000 or fewer, and must primarily serve rural areas. Learn more about the program.

Ranson Financial2021-08-13T07:36:15-05:00August 13, 2021|News|

Municipal Bond Trends for August 12, 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.

Ranson Financial2021-08-13T07:12:53-05:00August 13, 2021|News|

Mural magic colors communities with positivity and unity

…a cow looks over her calves, penned by a white fence next to a red barn and a windmill — a familiar scene in rural Kansas. But this bucolic scene towers over the town. No, we weren’t in some sort of land of giants but in Clay Center, population 4,000. After husband Art had taken care of some business with one of his customers, we decided to pause a moment and enjoy the art. The books were two-dimensional … paintings on a wall, fittingly next to the town’s Carnegie Library. The farm scene was a few blocks south on 6th Street … a 7,000-square-foot mural on the Key Feeds facility. These are two of 13 paintings installed in the past eight months as part of Clay Center’s “Mural Movement.” Others include one that honors local first responders, while another depicts the flag-raising on Iwo Jima during World War II.
Source: Kansas Reflector

Ranson Financial2021-08-13T07:14:10-05:00August 12, 2021|News|

Sedgwick County looking for another COVID-19 testing site due to demand

The number of people getting tested for COVID-19 is skyrocketing due to the spread of the delta variant. Data from the Sedgwick County Health Department shows tests from nearly 1,700 people came back on Wednesday. Staff said that because of the surge in cases, they are looking at getting another testing site that allows more people. The current testing site is located in Sedgwick County Park at the Sunflower Shelter. In the meantime, if you go to the park and there is a line, you will have to wait in your car until it is your turn to get tested.
Source: KSN-TV

Ranson Financial2021-08-12T23:25:03-05:00August 12, 2021|News|

The city of Erie, Kansas is working on getting a Childcare Center

Access to quality child care can be a struggle for many rural communities. It’s something many families in Erie are dealing with. For now. The hope it that it won’t be that way for long. “We drive almost 20 miles in the morning, and then we come back to work, and then we drive another 20 to get them, and another 20 miles back, so we put 80 miles a day on our truck.” Says Kelly Diller, Erie Community Childcare Center Director. This is a common struggle for parents in rural communities like Erie. With no child care center for miles, parents either have to make a long drive or find other options.
Source: KSNF/KODE

Ranson Financial2021-08-12T23:22:25-05:00August 12, 2021|News|

Attorney summarizes public input about proposed City of Golden

There’s no desire among proponents or opponents of the proposed city of Golden to see their rural lifestyle change. How they achieve that objective is the sticking point. Jim Kaup, a Topeka attorney who specializes in land use law, provided that assessment of the proposed incorporation of Golden in northern Miami County during the County Commission’s first Golden testimony session Wednesday, Aug. 4. County commissioners will hear experts weigh in on a number of topics during their Wednesday morning study sessions through early September as part of the testimony phase before they begin their deliberations. … “A couple of quick things that really struck me in going through all this material — in my observation, there’s virtually no desire by proponents or opponents to see the rural landscape converted to warehouses,” Kaup said. “They value the rural character, the rural nature of the area. Rural residential and lots of agriculture.”
Source: Local News | republic-online.com

Ranson Financial2021-08-13T07:16:06-05:00August 12, 2021|News|

Gov. Kelly discusses COVID response, economic development, Big 12 shakeup

Governor Laura Kelly spoke with News Radio KMAN this week during an exclusive interview heard Wednesday on KMAN’s In Focus. COVID-19. Governor Kelly says she shares frustrations of Kansans upset with the return of COVID restrictions after it appeared the state had turned a corner on the pandemic just a few months ago. According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, as of Wednesday, nearly 50 percent of all Kansans have received at least one dose of the vaccine and 43 percent have received both shots. Gov. Kelly says she hopes to see that threshold push higher in the state’s efforts to reach herd immunity. Kelly says masks are a mitigation effort to protect others, especially those school aged students under 12, who aren’t currently eligible for the vaccine.
Source: 1350 KMAN

Ranson Financial2021-08-12T23:19:56-05:00August 12, 2021|News|

Kansas population more concentrated; 80 counties lose people

Most Kansas counties lost residents over the past 10 years as the state’s population concentrated in more populous places, including the Kansas City area, new census figures released Thursday showed. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s once-a-decade count of the nation’s population showed that 80 of the state’s 105 counties declined in population since 2010, 16 of them by more than 10%. Most of those counties were rural. Five of the top 10 fastest-growing counties were in or close to the Kansas City metropolitan area. The state’s most populous county, Johnson County, has affluent Kansas City suburbs that have been growing for decades, and its population grew another 12.1% in the past 10 years. Census figures show that Kansas saw a 3% increase in population over 10 years, to almost 2.94 million. Population shifts within the state mean a shift in political clout away from rural areas and toward Kansas City and a few other areas when the Legislature redraws political boundaries next year.
Source: KAKE – News

Ranson Financial2021-08-12T23:10:25-05:00August 12, 2021|News|

Is Sedgwick County counting illegal ballots? Irregularities cloud vote count

Sedgwick County commissioners took the rare step Thursday of ordering the election office to count ballots that may not have arrived by the legal deadline after the Aug. 3 city council primary. The commissioners, sitting as the county’s canvassing board, rejected a recommendation by the new election commissioner, Angela Caudillo, who recommended tossing the votes out. At issue are 37 ballots that were postmarked on election day. State law says that if those ballots are delivered by the end of the following Friday, they count. And if they don’t arrive by then, they don’t count. But commissioners said there was no way to tell whether the ballots arrived on time or not. Caudillo acknowledged that the election office didn’t check the mail after 8 a.m. Friday.
Source: Local News | Wichita Eagle

Ranson Financial2021-08-12T23:07:46-05:00August 12, 2021|News|

County Treasurer transitions to national vehicle title and registration process on Monday

Atchison County Treasurer Connie Ellerman has issued the following press release regarding some software transitions in the Atchison County Treasurer’s Office that will commence Monday, Aug. 16. The State of Kanas is transitioning to include National Motor Vehicle Title Information System reporting in titling and registering vehicles. NMVTIS is designed to protect consumers from fraud and unsafe vehicles and to keep stolen vehicles from being resold. The transition to NMVTIS in the state system occurs Monday. At this time, the Atchison County Treasurer’s office is not certain how this may affect motor vehicle processes Monday morning. While we do not anticipate a wide spread issue, the Atchison County Treasurer’s office is encouraging citizens to arrange another time to renew and register vehicles other than Monday morning, August 16. Please call 913-804-6050 with questions.
Source: News | atchisonglobenow.com

Ranson Financial2021-08-12T23:04:51-05:00August 12, 2021|News|

About Ranson Financial

Webinars coming up for Emergency Rural Health Care Grants

Municipal Bond Trends for August 12, 2021

Mural magic colors communities with positivity and unity

Sedgwick County looking for another COVID-19 testing site due to demand

The city of Erie, Kansas is working on getting a Childcare Center

Attorney summarizes public input about proposed City of Golden

Gov. Kelly discusses COVID response, economic development, Big 12 shakeup

Kansas population more concentrated; 80 counties lose people

Is Sedgwick County counting illegal ballots? Irregularities cloud vote count

County Treasurer transitions to national vehicle title and registration process on Monday

Services

Company