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JoCo weighs $15M for infrastructure improvements to support De Soto plant

info2022-07-25T06:34:51-05:00July 24th, 2022|

Next week the Johnson County Board of Commissioners will consider providing $15 million to support infrastructure improvements in De Soto. Earlier this month Panasonic announced it will create a $4 billion electric vehicle battery plant on the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant. The new plant is expected to create 4,000 new jobs paying an average of $30 an hour. Once construction is complete, the plant is expected to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Before work begins on the new battery plant, the board will consider allocating county funds to support the development through road improvements and the [...]

Sedgwick County Health Department recommending people wear masks indoors

info2022-07-25T06:35:04-05:00July 24th, 2022|

Due to the high community level rating, the Sedgwick County Health Department is now recommending that people wear masks indoors even if they are vaccinated. The department says that last week the community level in Sedgwick County rose from low to medium and then from medium to high. The amount of confirmed new positive cases has been slowly rising since early march. The department says that there are 844 new cases for the week ending on July 20. For comparison, there were 517 new cases in the same week in June. COVID-19 hospitalization has risen as well. Approximately 200 beds in [...]

Bird e-scooters to arrive in Olathe this week

info2022-07-25T06:36:09-05:00July 24th, 2022|

Starting Monday, electric scooters from Bird Inc. will be rolled out across Olathe. It’s part of an agreement with the city government and the shared microtransit provider expected to bring up to 200 scooters to Olathe. The initial disbursement will be about 50 scooters placed around the city. Source: Parsons Sun

Mulberry PD helps residents beat the heat

info2022-07-22T07:29:29-05:00July 22nd, 2022|

With temperatures holding steady at over 100 degrees for the past few days, Mulberry Chief of Police Joey Adelman has been out with his officers checking on the town’s 424 residents. “I have watched our Chief and his guys go door to door to check on the elderly and less fortunate families during this heat wave to make sure they have what they need,” said Mulberry resident Brad Lawson. “Also, when they get done checking them, they hand out bottles of cold water and food to those out in this heat.” According to Adelman, he and his officers have distributed over [...]

Red tape threatens rollout of infrastructure package

info2022-07-22T07:28:47-05:00July 22nd, 2022|

The Biden Administration will host a summit this fall to help cities and states in line for federal infrastructure funds avoid the tangle of red tape that is known to stall American projects. As funds begin to flow from the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the government is eyeing ways to manage issues like permitting, community opposition and litigation, which have long driven up the costs and timeline of American infrastructure projects. Those challenges are on top of the current economic hurdles of inflation and a tight labor force.... The summit will focus on improving project delivery and the [...]

Municipal Bond Trends for July 21, 2022

info2022-07-22T07:24:58-05:00July 22nd, 2022|

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.

De Soto residents are excited for Panasonic’s battery plant, but ‘this is a big jump for us’

info2022-07-22T07:14:34-05:00July 21st, 2022|

People in De Soto, Kansas, are feeling hopeful about the future of their town after Panasonic announced on July 13 that it will build a $4 billion plant in the town to make electric vehicle batteries for Tesla. Still, they have concerns about the environmental ramifications of the plant and how ready De Soto is to welcome thousands of newcomers. Kansas officials estimate that the factory will bring about 4,000 new jobs to the quickly growing town on the edge of western Kansas City. The state subsidies of more than $829 million — about $200,000 per employee — are tied to [...]

Wellington City Council meets in City Manager Shane Shield’s last council meeting

info2022-07-22T07:15:24-05:00July 21st, 2022|

The Wellington City Council met on Tuesday for City Manager Shane Shields’ last council meeting. Shields has been the City Manager for over six years and has been working for Wellington for the last 20. He’ll be sorely missed, but thankfully his last meeting went out without a hitch… Source: Sumner NewsCow

Gov. Kelly Announces Formation of New Wildfire Task Force

info2022-07-22T07:15:50-05:00July 21st, 2022|

Governor Laura Kelly announced the creation of the Governor’s Wildfire Task Force, a group of leaders from across the state, to create recommendations for how Kansas communities can better prevent, respond to, and recover from wildfires. The Task Force met for the first time on Wednesday. Several parts of Kansas have experienced large-scale wildfires in the last 10 years, causing catastrophic financial losses and threatening the safety of residents, fire fighters, and first responders. The Governor’s Wildfire Task Force will take a comprehensive look at mitigating wildfire threats, review the role that local governments and state officials play in responding to [...]

Local police take specialized training to help opioid epidemic

info2022-07-22T07:16:05-05:00July 21st, 2022|

As the number of drug overdose deaths continues to climb across Kansas (nationwide, the daily average for opioid overdose deaths is 130 people), special Naloxone training sessions for law enforcement agencies are being held throughout the state. "For us, it's seconds gained that will potentially save lives," said Sergeant Christopher Tener with the Wichita State University (WSU) Police Department. There were 20 officers from at least four different police departments (including the Wichita Police Department, the Derby Police Department and the Park City Police Department) who gathered at WSU Wednesday for the city's first-ever Naloxone training session. "The goal is going [...]

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