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Ellis County’s proposed Northwest Business Corridor got a big boost Wednesday with a $6.5 million BUILD discretionary grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, according to a release from Sen. Jerry Moran’s office. The proposed $11 million Northwest Business Corridor north and west of Hays would improve three heavily traveled county roads in a busy industrial area, as well as the Exit 157 intersection where on- and off-ramps to Interstate 70 converge with 230th Avenue. That would complement the City of Hays’ north Vine Street project, which was approved in last year’s BUILD grant cycle, providing an alternate route for large [...]

The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the state’s newest education funding plan is constitutional. The plan, which was approved in April, increased K-12 education funding by roughly $90 million. The years-long saga began when four school districts sued Kansas in 2010. Before Friday, the state Supreme Court had issued six rulings directing lawmakers to increase the state’s spending in a little more than five years, so that aid to public schools now tops $4 billion a year. The court said in an order last year that a 2018 law promising additional funding increases into the future wasn’t sufficient because it [...]