info2020-08-20T08:52:04-05:00August 20th, 2020|
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.
info2020-08-20T08:43:44-05:00August 19th, 2020|
The City of Olathe recently launched the new Open Data Portal, the city’s central location for interactive maps, data sets and more. Through this portal, members of the public can visualize city data in maps, charts and dashboards, and developers can also tie their own applications and services into city data. Interactive maps available to view on the Open Data Portal include: Capital Improvement Projects; Planning and Development Map; Road Construction Map; Crime Map; and Snow Plow Tracking Map. Each of the maps include filters that let residents find the exact information they’re looking for. This is particularly useful when looking [...]
info2020-08-20T08:44:30-05:00August 19th, 2020|
Johnson County Transit has received more than $1 million in state money to, among other things, find ways to get the neediest residents to the critical places they need to go. The one-time grant of $1,027,278 comes from the Kansas Department of Transportation. It will support two equipment purchases as well as four pilot programs designed to help the county’s most vulnerable residents: Expansion of the county’s ride-hailing microtransit service area to include places with a higher prevalence of older adults and people dealing with tight budgets or a disability. Source: Joco 913 News
info2020-08-20T08:44:52-05:00August 19th, 2020|
With school just around the corner, there's a big piece of the puzzle that's still missing for the Wichita Public Schools Board of Education. What will its gating criteria be? The BOE is expected to discuss and vote on this during its 6 p.m. meeting Thursday. Gating is simply a set of metrics that districts put in place and use to determine when and how schools will operate, depending on how bad COVID-19 is in the area. "We went through three different matrices, which was through the KNEA, the Kansas Department of Education, and then Sedgwick County. And so we use [...]
info2020-08-20T08:46:34-05:00August 19th, 2020|
There have been 723 new coronavirus cases and 6 new deaths in Kansas since Monday. With Kansas schools reopening, the state’s top doctor is expressing his concern about the virus spread. Since Monday, 12 new coronavirus clusters have popped up in Kansas, 5 of those new clusters come from colleges and universities in the state. Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Lee Norman says the substantial cases on college campuses isn’t surprising, but it is occurring much earlier than expected. Most schools began classes just this week but are already seeing positive cases. Secretary Norman says this is likely because [...]
info2020-08-20T08:48:38-05:00August 19th, 2020|
Former Douglas Design District executive director Renee Duxler begins a new job next week, but it's not in Wichita. Duxler will be the director of economic and workforce development for the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce starting Monday. "The Douglas Design District was about entrepreneurship and stewardship and advocacy for small businesses, and attracting and retaining talent," Duxler said. "This is going to be a broader scope of that for the city of Salina." Source: Wichita Business Journal
info2020-08-19T09:01:03-05:00August 19th, 2020|
Municipal authorities have dropped their case against the owner of a local restaurant in Emporia, Kansas after he was criminally charged for operating his business in violation of Governor Laura Kelly’s shutdown orders. The case was the only known attempted criminal prosecution in the state conducted pursuant to the Governor’s COVID-19 orders. The City of Emporia decided to prosecute the restaurant based on a local ordinance that made it a crime to violate a local health order. The City contended a local order had broadly incorporated the Governor’s shut-down orders. The criminal action was dismissed in its entirety after legal counsel [...]
info2020-08-19T08:52:33-05:00August 19th, 2020|
The Prairie Village City Council voted 11-1 Monday night to approve a zoning amendment allowing residents to keep backyard hens — though a homes association’s deed restrictions prohibiting chickens would override a city ordinance. Ward 1 Councilmember Chad Herring said at Monday’s meeting that he would have preferred an approach to license residents wanting to keep chickens and that the council might consider doing that if problems arise. He suggested posting information on the city’s website about safely handling backyard chickens and including links to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s online publications “Healthy Pets, Healthy People” and “Healthy Families [...]
info2020-08-19T08:50:52-05:00August 19th, 2020|
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.
info2020-08-19T08:47:41-05:00August 18th, 2020|
Kearny County, in the far west reaches of Kansas, has fewer than five residents per square mile on average. By some estimates, its population dropped by roughly 140 over the past decade, to just over 3,800. With so few people, you would think getting residents to participate in the Census would be a straightforward task. Kearny actually has the lowest Census self-response rate among Kansas’s 105 counties, just 39.6 percent as of Aug. 13. Statewide, more than two-thirds of residents have responded so far. Source: Wichita Eagle
