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.
The Pittsburg Community Schools Board of Education approved funding for a private LTE network at their meeting on Tuesday. The network, funded by money from the Strengthening People and Revitalizing Kansas (SPARK) taskforce, will provide a connection to students with unstable Wi-Fi connections or access, and allow them to connect to the school’s protected network.
Source: Education – Morning Sun
City of Emporia Commissioners renewed a long-standing agreement with the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a combined study/action session Wednesday morning. Board members reviewed their obligations included as part of FEMA’s Regional Multi-Hazard Mitigation plan, which is traditionally completed every five years, incorporating each community in Lyon County along with the county itself. The plan includes a Threat Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment, or THIRA, which examines the likelihood of severe weather, flooding and wildfire events, identifying potential area projects and mitigation strategies to manage such threats.
Source: Emporia Gazette
The Reno County Planning Commission made more changes this week to proposed zoning regulations for commercial wind developments. While the new draft creates greater minimum distances that turbines must be from a home, they loosen restrictions on noise and shadow flicker that may be generated by the machines. The changes did not sit well with a group of residents who opposed the Pretty Prairie Wind development and have sought much stricter zoning regulations.
Source: Local – The Hutchinson News
The long-running dispute over the wrought iron Westlinks golf course fence may end with no fence at all, much to the chagrin of Overland Park neighbors whose homes abut the course. The city council’s Community Development Committee took up the controversy — which has been brewing since 2013 – once again Wednesday night and ended with a recommendation that the fence be torn out. Neighbors have been pushing to have the deteriorating fence replaced with a similar-looking, 5-foot black powder-coated steel fence. They have said that type of fence would maintain their property value and the looks of the course.
Source: Prairie Village Post
Gov. Laura Kelly announced more than $9 million in grants for projects to strengthen the state’s food supply system. Kelly, along with Kansas Department of Agriculture Secretary Mike Beam and Kansas Department of Commerce Secretary David Toland visited Yoder Meats in Yoder on Oct. 14 to make the announcement. Yoder Meats is one of 183 Kansas agriculture and food-related businesses in more than 70 counties that was awarded grants as part of the Securing Local Food Systems.
Source: Community – Cherokee County News Advocate
Olathe will allow students in “high-risk activities” back into the classroom next week. The school board had a special meeting Wednesday morning where members voted to let students in activities like football go to in-person classes when the district starts its hybrid schedule Monday. The district had originally opted to require students in high-risk activities to attend classes online for the entire season. But after the Johnson County health department changed its gating criteria on high-risk activities, Olathe updated its decision to reflect that.
Source: fox4kc.com | FOX 4 – WDAF
A new Kansas Department of Transportation Short Line Rail Fund program will be bringing much-needed upgrades to rail systems across the state. The project is part of Governor Kelly’s IKE Program and will fund five million dollars annually for three years toward improving railway grain transportation. There are a total of 13 renovations taking place on three short-line railway systems across the state aiming to improve and build nearly 15 miles of track. Four of the projects will be focused on improvements to short-line rails, and the other nine projects will bring repairs to grain elevators.
Source: KSN-TV
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.
March Madness will be returning to Wichita for a third time. The NCAA announced its future host site selections for the men’s basketball tournament on Wednesday and Wichita’s Intrust Bank Arena was selected to host the first and second rounds in 2025. Wichita previously hosted the first and second rounds of the men’s NCAA Tournament in 2018 and is scheduled to once again this coming spring on March 19 and 21, 2021.
Source: Local News | Wichita Eagle
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