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Governor Laura Kelly today congratulated Bev-Hub on its new facility in Manhattan. Bev-Hub, a Wichita-based manufacturer, is investing more than $28 million into the Manhattan community to renovate a former brewery to meet manufacturing demands, creating 37 new jobs. “Bev-Hub’s expansion is proof that Kansas’ pipeline of talented, educated workers and pro-business environment can compete with anyone to recruit dynamic companies,” Governor Kelly said. “We’ll continue supporting and attracting innovative, growing companies like Bev-Hub to strengthen our economy and keep Kansans and their families in our state. Congratulations to Bev-Hub on this exciting announcement.” Bev-Hub assists beverage manufacturers through the co-packing process. Services include processing and testing beverages, canning, labeling, shipping, and storage. Products handled include nitro cold brew, still cold brew, nitro cold brew lattes, cold brew lattes, tea, and water.
Source: Kansas Department of Commerce
The police department in Kansas City, Kansas, issued an updated use-of-force policy in early June, just a few weeks before two deadly police shootings. The policy, effective June 2, says officers are allowed to use deadly force “to insure the safety of themselves and others from imminent death or great bodily harm.” A previous policy was similar, saying lethal force was authorized “to protect life.” On June 20, a chase that began in Kansas City, Missouri, crossed the state line. Police said Dario Dominguez, 25, shot at officers, who returned fire, at 18th Street and Parallel Parkway.
Source: KC Star Local News
The shot clock to distribute more than $19 billion in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to small towns and counties has started and states and municipal organizations are working to ensure these localities gets their share and understand the rules for spending the funds. But not every town wants the money. “When I ask, it’s generally they just don’t have the infrastructure to support the reporting requirements required under the law,” said Emily Brock, director for the Government Finance Officers Association’s Federal Liaison Center. “Which is understandable. They don’t want to be in a position where they [spend it and then] have to give it back.” … states are responsible for distributing funding to the more than 19,000 “non-entitlement units,” or NEUs, with populations smaller than 50,000. Most states didn’t receive that money until this month and are just now pushing it out to their small towns.
Source: Route Fifty – All Content
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Riley County Commission John Ford said Monday that the county will put a sales tax proposal on the November ballot to pay for road and bridge improvements. is planning to ask voters in November whether they want a roads and bridges sales tax measure to replace the combined county-city sales tax measure that expires in 2022. “That’ll be up on the horizon and should be on the November ballot,” Ford said at a monthly intergovernmental luncheon. “It would be something that we really, really need to be able to do moving forward.” Formally, the commission would have to approve placing it on the ballot, which it hasn’t done yet.
Source: themercury.com
Great Bend USD 428 will save more than $36,000 next year by purchasing its property and casualty insurance from the Kansas Educational Risk Management Pool (KERMP), Superintendent Khris Thexton said. The school board held a special meeting Tuesday morning to approve the policy and make budget transfers and expenditures to wrap up Fiscal Year 2020-2021, when ends today. Only Kansas Association of School Boards members may join KERMP, which was started several years ago by 15 schools. The member-owned consortium is comprised of public K-12 school districts in Kansas, and last week Barton Community College became the first Kansas community college to join. Barton was attracted by lower rates and better deductibles overall. “I like it because it is for schools, by schools,” Thexton told the board. “It’s definitely a benefit for us to be a part of it.”
Source: Great Bend Tribune
The city of Wichita has begun exploring the potential in using COVID-19 relief money to bring fresh food to northeast and south Wichita neighborhoods suffering from the closures of their Save A Lot grocery stores, the mayor said Tuesday. That may or may not include bringing in another grocery store operator to replace the three Save A Lots that have closed or are closing, said Mayor Brandon Whipple. “Can we use this really bad situation as a way to improve the overall problem of access to food in the short term and also in the long term?” he said. “We’re looking at other options at this moment with local entrepreneurs, folks that already kind of work in delivering food in a variety of different communities to see if there’s another opportunity that could even expand services beyond just grocery stores.”
Source: Wichita Eagle
Little Free Library boxes have been set up at three locations across Salina after the Salina Education Foundation approved a grant to fund nine earlier this year. The Outside the Box grant to create the free libraries offers children the opportunity to pick up books from their local schools during times when the schools are closed, such as the summer or holidays. It also saves children and their parents from having to make the trip to the Salina Public Library.
Source: Salina Journal.
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.
After multiple shootings in the last week, Wichita police Chief Gordon Ramsay is hoping a new initiative will help crack down on violent crime. WPD is partnering with the US Marshals Service for Operation Triple Beam. The two-month-long program will focus on bringing in people with warrants for violent crimes, like aggravated assault, homicide or drugs. Police Chief Gordon Ramsay said that the operation allows officers to work overtime in order to focus on outstanding warrants for felony drug and weapon offenses. U.S. Marshalls will assist, using their crews in cities and states surrounding Kansas. The end result will be a reduction in crime.
Source: KAKE – News
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