The Irish Creek Wind Project site plan gained approval from Marshall County commissioners Monday. NextEra Energy, Juno Beach, Fla., did not act on requests from landowners for turbines to be moved farther from their residences before the plan was OK’d.
Source: The Marysville Advocate
Home Telephone Company of Galva is pleased to announce that the City of Canton is a 2020 recipient of The Foundation for Rural Service (FRS) Community Grant Program. The FRS Community Grant Program is offered annually through The Rural Broadband Association NTCA and member companies of NTCA…
Source: McPherson Weekly News
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.
FLIP, or Facades of Louisburg Improvement Program, provides matching funds from the city to assist in facade improvements. New for 2021 is a change in the appraised value of a residential home to $197,750 from $175,000. Under FLIP Residential provides residents a one-time reimbursement grant of 50% of the project costs. However, the city’s reimbursable amount shall not exceed $500. For example, if your project costs $500 then the reimbursable amount will be $250; a $750 project will award $375 and a $1,000 project will earn you the full $500 allowed. Eligible projects include concrete work such as a new driveway, stoop or sidewalk or foundation repair, exterior window or door replacement, painting, siding or roofing, landscaping or lighting.
Source: Louisburg, KS-Newsflash
Getting the COVID-19 vaccine is going to be as slow as getting COVID-19 test kits, according to Thomas Langer, City-Cowley County Health Department director. “Remember back in March we couldn’t get enough tests,” Langer said. “Now we have all the tests we need. That’s the way it is with the vaccine.” Cowley County does not have nearly enough vaccine, Langer said. “We’re waiting on it.”
Source: The Arkansas City Traveler
After months of struggling with reduced staff and financial shortages due to COVID-19, South Central Kansas Medical Center is starting to get back on its feet, hospital trustees were told during the December meeting. CFO Debbie Hockenbury reported that the hospital saw a gain of $1.15 million in November, giving it a year-to-date total of $7.9 million more revenue than expenses. Much of the gain was due to a large adjustment in deprecation expenses. Board Chair Dan Jurokovich said Monday that the $7.9 million surplus was largely due to $10,808,496 in funds received through the CARES Act relief money, and Medicare and Medicaid advances. He said without those funds, the year to date loss for 2020 would have been more than $3 million. The medical center broke even in December.
Source: The Arkansas City Traveler
Gov. Laura Kelly said Tuesday that Kansas exceeded its goal to conduct 1 million COVID-19 tests in 2020. “In October, we launched our Unified Testing Strategy with a goal of testing one million Kansans by the end of the year, and I’m excited to announce that we exceeded that number,” Kelly said. “This coordinated partnership between state health officials and local providers, in addition to a majority of counties’ decision to adopt face covering requirements, led to the control of the spread of the virus in Kansas for the first time since the stay-at-home order was lifted in May.” Kansas conducted over 1,001,000 tests in 2020, and as of Monday, it reported that 1,024,129 people have been tested since the start of the outbreak.
Source: KMBC.com
The Harvey County Commission voted to extend a local health order limiting mass gatherings in Harvey County to 10 individuals. The order remains in effect until rescinded, superseded or amended. The commission, which serves as the local board of health, and in consultation with Public Health Officer Dr. Doyle Detweiler, approved the extension at its Jan. 5 meeting. The order requires gatherings be limited to 10 individuals where six feet of distance cannot be maintained. It does not limit the occupancy allowed in a facility or event if six feet of distance can be maintained between groups at all times.
Source: KSN-TV
The Wichita State University Center for Economic Development and Business Research released the 2021 employment forecast for Wichita and Kansas. For Wichita, unemployment spiked in April 2020 to 17.7% due to the coronavirus pandemic. The economy began to recover in the third quarter as unemployment dropped back to 6.8% in October 2020. Recovery is expected to continue in the fourth quarter of 2020 and job growth is expected into 2021. Average employment growth is forecast to be 0.7% in 2021, which would add more than 2,000 jobs back to the Wichita economy.
Source: KSN-TV
U.S. states, cities, schools and other issuers sold $451.2 billion of municipal bonds last year, the highest amount on records that date back to 1980, according to Refinitiv data on Monday. With the U.S. Federal Reserve pushing interest rates to historical lows to combat the economic fallout from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, muni bond sales were up 11% compared to 2019.
Source: Reuters.
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