Topeka-area drivers could soon have a faster ticketing experience when pulled over by a Shawnee County sheriff’s deputy. The Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office plans to pay $159,000 for e-ticketing from vendor Tyler Technologies, Lt. Justin Vest told the Shawnee County Commission on Thursday. Commissioners asked if it’s going to make more work for officers inputting information. “Actually, it’s going to create less work,” Vest said. “And so it’s going to improve officer safety because officers will just scan the driver’s license …”
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It really has been a chicken-and-egg type of situation for GO Topeka and the Washburn University School of Business. For years, the economic development organization had supported the business school’s endeavors, including financial support for the annual pitch competition for budding, entrepreneurial business students. It’s all been part of a goal of growing the local economy by developing and promoting young talent, especially that at Washburn. But the challenge, representatives from the two organizations have often found, is that the very same young people who can create economic opportunities often leave Topeka because they haven’t found it here.
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