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Harvey County 911 Communications to be celebrated with special week

2025-04-10T10:24:08-05:00April 10th, 2025|

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week is April 13 through 19, and it highlights the essential role dispatchers fill in emergency responses, according to Kyle McCaskey, Harvey County public information officer. The department has 24 people working there altogether, with four of those being part-time dispatchers and three being administrative. Source: Harvey County Now

New state law will require Lawrence City Commission to change how it handles public comments in its live streams

2025-04-10T07:27:06-05:00April 10th, 2025|

The new law updates the Kansas Open Records Act and Kansas Open Meetings Act, and a provision in it says that any governing body or agency that “elects to live stream their meeting on television, the internet or any other medium shall ensure that all aspects of the open meeting are available through the selected medium for the public to observe.” That would affect the Lawrence City Commission, which currently does not include all parts of its meetings in its live broadcasts on YouTube. Source: LJWorld

The Stock Market Is in Chaos. Why Are Treasury Yields Above 4%?

2025-04-09T08:19:57-05:00April 9th, 2025|

The stock market has been the acute point of stress for investors the past week. But the bond market hasn’t given them much of a break either. On Tuesday, as the S&P 500 tumbled for a fourth straight day, prices of long-term U.S. Treasury debt fell, too. That drove their yields, which move in an inverse relationship to prices, higher. It was especially confounding because long-term Treasury prices in preceding days hadn’t gained as much as they normally would in the face of a steep-stock market selloff. So much for government debt being a haven at a time of upheaval. The [...]

Farmers work to protect Wichita’s water

2025-04-08T09:52:31-05:00April 8th, 2025|

Last week, Wichita city leaders extended an agreement with the McPherson County Conservation District. The agreement is meant to work with farmers to reduce levels of atrazine in the Little Arkansas River, keeping those chemicals from being recharged into the Equus Beds Aquifer.... "That we pay farmers $100 an acre when they plant cropland back to grass," Howard Miller, a leader for the Cheney Lake Watershed, said. Source: KSN-TV

New partnership may help solve crimes faster in Goodland

2025-04-08T09:51:56-05:00April 8th, 2025|

A new partnership between Fort Hays Tech Northwest and the Goodland Police Department may help speed up investigations for the department. ... The school says the agreement will establish a fully functioning fingerprint lab at the Goodland Police Department. Source: KSN-TV

Wichita family raises backyard chickens as egg prices soar

2025-04-08T09:51:08-05:00April 8th, 2025|

The Villalobos family has been raising chickens in their backyard for five years. "So, at the start of COVID, we got chickens. We decided to hedge against some security. As everything started locking down, we wanted the kids to have something to do for fun, and it also gave us eggs," Jeremy Villalobos said. Source: KSN-TV

Saline County takes its hits to the people with successes of past year

2025-04-08T07:27:54-05:00April 8th, 2025|

In celebration of April being National County Government Month, Saline County is reflecting on successes it's had over the past 12 months. County administrator Phillip Smith-Hanes is going around the community to present the "greatest hits of Saline County." Melissa McCoy, the county's public information officer, asked him to compile a list of hits, and rather than take up a lot of precious time and going through an entire Top 40, he narrowed things down a bit. Source: Salina Journal

Kelly signs seven ‘government efficiency’ bills, bringing total to 29

2025-04-07T09:25:14-05:00April 7th, 2025|

Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday signed seven more bills, bringing to 29 the number of pieces of legislation that she has signed into law this year. So far, she has vetoed four bills, including two on Monday. She has been overridden twice so far, with the Legislature scheduled to return April 10 for more veto override votes. She has allowed three bills to become law without her signature. Source: Sunflower State Journal

Powell sees tariffs raising inflation and says Fed will wait before further rate moves

2025-04-07T09:24:32-05:00April 7th, 2025|

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Friday that he expects President Donald Trump's tariffs to raise inflation and lower growth, and indicated that the central bank won't move on interest rates until it gets a clearer picture on the ultimate impacts. In a speech delivered before business journalists in Arlington, Va., Powell said the Fed faces a "highly uncertain outlook" because of the new reciprocal levies the president announced Wednesday. Though he said the economy currently looks strong, he stressed the threat that tariffs pose and indicated that the Fed will be focused on keeping inflation in check. Source: Bonds

Should Wichita have a ‘strong mayor’? Some officials are talking about it

2025-04-07T09:23:38-05:00April 7th, 2025|

Should Wichita’s mayor have more power? Or should an unelected city manager continue to be the city’s most powerful official? As it stands, the mayor is the only official elected citywide. But she has no executive powers and can’t enact her agenda without the support of three other council members, who represent smaller districts. The city manager, who is appointed by the council, prepares the budget, chooses department heads and manages the daily operations of the city government. Source: Wichita Kansas Local News, Crime & More |

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