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Kingman County judge Mathis to retire

info2019-06-18T23:02:12-05:00June 18th, 2019|

KINGMAN – After nearly 27 years on the bench, District Magistrate Judge Roseanna Mathis will retire Aug. 2. Mathis has served as a magistrate judge in Kingman County since 2012, after serving as a judge in Morton County for 20 years. Then Roseanna Volden, she was first elected to the bench in Elkhart in 1992 and re-elected four more times. She resigned as Morton County magistrate judge in 2012 and moved to Kingman County. Later that year, she applied for a vacant district magistrate judge position there and was selected. Voters retained her in two subsequent elections. (Read more: News - [...]

USD 475 Board of Education approves development agreement with the City

info2019-06-18T22:59:37-05:00June 18th, 2019|

Another step was taken on the new Junction City High School project Monday when the USD 475 Board of Education approved the development agreement with the City of Junction City on related infrastructure improvements. It covers a one mile section of Blue Jay Way on the east side of the new school site, a one half mile water main extension, and overages on a nearby roundabout on K-18 at Blue Jay Way. (Read more: Junction City Post)

Rental Electric Scooters A Go In Wichita

info2019-06-18T22:58:05-05:00June 18th, 2019|

Rental electric scooters have the green light in Wichita. The Wichita City Council unanimously passed a city ordinance and electric scooter pilot program at its meeting Tuesday. The ordinance and pilot program regulate the use of scooters, particularly to address clutter issues that other cities have experienced. “The advantage that we have is we’re really not out in front on this particular opportunity,” Mayor Jeff Longwell said earlier this month while discussing the pilot program. “Other cities have tried it and seen lots of different problems.” (Read more: RSS Feed)

Ellis County cuts, eliminates funding to outside agencies

info2019-06-18T22:56:20-05:00June 18th, 2019|

Last week there was a full house when outside agencies made presentations to ask the Ellis County commissioners for budget money for 2020. But on Monday evening, only a few showed up to hear what the commissioners had decided. Funding for two agencies was completely eliminated, while the other 13 each lost as much as half of what they requested. Even High Plains Mental Health Center, which all three commissioners have repeatedly praised for doing important work, had $20,000 shaved from its $280,000 request. (Read more: News - The Hays Daily News)

Kansas faces future budget woes even with a revenue surplus

info2019-06-18T22:54:03-05:00June 18th, 2019|

Kansas’ tax collections have beaten expectations nearly every month for the past two years and the state expects to end June with close to $1 billion in cash reserves, but the budget problems that followed a former governor’s notorious tax-cutting experiment aren’t necessarily a thing of the past. The steep income tax cuts that former Governor Sam Brownback championed to try to stimulate the Kansas economy contributed to persistent and severe budget shortfalls that caused some GOP legislators to rebel and gave the state’s new Democratic governor, Laura Kelly, a potent issue to successfully campaign on last year. (Read more: WIBW [...]

Reno County Commission approves resolution over wind farm protest petitions

info2019-06-18T22:52:28-05:00June 18th, 2019|

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Reno County Commission adopted the resolution to formally recognize the validity of protest petitions received for the NextEra wind project. The resolution confirms that 46% of those petitions were valid. This resolution makes it official. Next week, the commission will also put into resolution form the official vote declining the conditional use permit for the wind project. One thing that doesn’t appear likely is the commission pushing for a temporary moratorium of wind projects in the county, something requested by some residents of the area last year and rejected by the commission. Commissioner Ron Hirst commented that [...]

Lawrence hosting public reception for outgoing City Manager Tom Markus

info2019-06-18T08:32:24-05:00June 18th, 2019|

The City of Lawrence will soon host a public reception for outgoing City Manager Tom Markus. The reception will take place Tuesday from 5 to 5:45 p.m. in the lobby of City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St., according to a city news release. The reception will fall between the presentation of Markus’ recommended 2020 budget, happening from 3 to 5 p.m. in the City Commission room, and the City Commission meeting, which will begin at 5:45 p.m. in the City Commission room. Markus, who began his position in March 2016, announced in September that he planned to retire this year, and [...]

Lawrence City Commission to consider bike boulevard designs, additional $250,000 for project

info2019-06-18T08:31:32-05:00June 18th, 2019|

City leaders will soon consider designs for Lawrence’s first bike boulevards as well as a change that would significantly increase the project’s budget. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider approving the final conceptual designs for the 21st Street and 13th Street bicycle boulevards and a potential $250,000 increase to the project’s budget. The budget overage would bring the total cost of collecting public feedback, designing the boulevards, and constructing the boulevards to $717,000, according to a city staff memo to the commission from Engineering Program Manager Amanda Sahin. Read more: LJWorld.com.

Opportunity zone officially designated

info2019-06-18T00:04:50-05:00June 18th, 2019|

The Regional Development Association of East Central Kansas set in stone a new opportunity zone during its monthly meeting Friday at Trusler Business Center. RDA President Kent Heermann mentioned in his comments that Emporia had gained an opportunity zone. This is a concept that came up at a previous RDA meeting in Nov. 2018 when the parameters for the local opportunity zone were laid out. According to Heermann, the zone is located in census track five. He said it started at the corner of Neosho Street and Sixth Avenue and stretches southeast to the edge of Emporia and into Lyon County. [...]

Kansas, Missouri teamed up to lure USDA jobs to KC. Now, the competition begins

info2019-06-17T23:58:45-05:00June 17th, 2019|

Kansas and Missouri leaders have enticed the federal government into shipping hundreds of high-paying jobs from Washington to Kansas City through an unusual level of cooperation between the two states. But now it’s time for the competition to begin. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday that it would be relocating two research agencies—and hundreds of jobs—to the Kansas City region. But the USDA didn’t specify which side of the state line will be the new home for the Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture. (Read more: Government & Politics News |)

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