info2021-09-22T07:04:53-05:00September 22nd, 2021|
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.
info2021-09-22T06:59:25-05:00September 22nd, 2021|
The Wichita Police Department will propose a new city ordinance that looks to stop street racing. Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple said if police were looking to crack down on street racing, the current ordinance places it under reckless driving. Whipple said the issue is that terminology is too broad, and it’s not effective in cutting down the street racing cases they've seen over the last year. The Wichita Police Department has looked to other cities on how they handle it and decided a specific one that targets street racing would be more effective. This ordinance, if passed, would make it so [...]
info2021-09-22T01:20:18-05:00September 22nd, 2021|
The Prairie Village City Council on Monday approved extending a citywide mask mandate through the end of October and also okayed a move to hybrid city meetings. Citing the fact that the CDC still considers Johnson County an area of high transmission of the disease — along with noting the support of the county health department — the council nearly unanimously approved extending Prairie Village’s mask order until Oct. 31. The original mask mandate would have expired on Sept. 30. Prairie Village was the first Johnson County city to enact its own mask mandate amid this summer’s surge of cases spurred by [...]
info2021-09-22T01:18:43-05:00September 22nd, 2021|
The Wichita City Council voted 7-0 on Tuesday to rename the McAdams Recreation Center as the Carl G. Brewer Community Center. Last month, the council voted to use American Rescue Plan Funds to renovate the McAdams Recreation Center. Carl Brewer was officially elected the first black mayor in Wichita. He served as mayor from 2007 to 2015. He also spent six years as a member of the city council. Source: KSN-TV
info2021-09-22T01:16:03-05:00September 22nd, 2021|
When the delta variant arrived this summer, COVID-19 hospitalizations in Kansas skyrocketed. In just a few short months, hospitals went from serving about 100 coronavirus inpatients a day to treating 800 at a time. But, a month ago, hospitalizations leveled off and finally started sliding slightly downward. The state remains in a bad place, just better off than where it seemed headed. “The fact that we still have so many ICUs full is very concerning,” said Marci Nielsen, chief advisor to Governor Laura Kelly on the state’s pandemic response. “Health care workers are exhausted and burned out.” They spend hours just [...]
info2021-09-22T07:00:51-05:00September 22nd, 2021|
College dorms are a go at the Cowley College Sumner Campus in Wellington. The Cowley College Board of Trustees unanimously approved the purchase of 3.5 acres of land for the building of a 17-unit dormitory south of the current campus. The dormitory project will be financed through the sales tax funds designated for the Sumner campus and operations of the college. There will be no property tax increase in Sumner County for the project. The last hurdle will be negotiations with the City of Wellington concerning utilities, rezoning, and other developmental details. Source: Sumner NewsCow
info2021-09-22T07:02:33-05:00September 22nd, 2021|
After many hours of searching through old newspapers and other publications, members of the Arkansas City Historic Preservation Board have published a new edition of the historical district walking tour guide. Board President Foss Farrar said that the updated version took a new slant from the previous edition by giving the history of the buildings and stories about the people who built them. “We decided we would want to tell the story of the people behind the buildings, the ones who kept the stores,” he said. “I kind of look at them as the heroes of Ark City during all of [...]
info2021-09-22T00:50:45-05:00September 22nd, 2021|
The Wichita City Council on Tuesday voted to have a private company manage Century II. The council voted 5-to-2 to allow ASM Global to manage Century II. Mayor Brandon Whipple and council member Jeff Blubaugh voted against the contract. ASM Global already manages INTRUST Bank Arena and the Orpheum Theatre. Under the contract, the city will continue to own the building and ASM Global will maintain accounting records and meet with the city regularly. ASM will continue to operate the building in accordance with the city's operating standards. Councilman Brandon Johnson voted in favor of the new contract. He says under [...]
info2021-09-21T07:00:20-05:00September 21st, 2021|
The Emporia City Commission will take a look at its rental property maintenance codes during its study session Wednesday morning. Chief building inspector Kory Krause has reported an increasing number of complaints in regard to poor living conditions in rental properties and has asked the commission to consider adopting the International Property Maintenance Code. The IPMC is intended to provide safe and sanitary conditions for those living in Emporia rental units. Emporia is the only Kansas city that hosts a state university and has not adopted the IPMC. Additionally, it is one of only three of the state’s 20 First Class [...]
info2021-09-21T06:59:46-05:00September 21st, 2021|
The Spring Hill school district, which has the most lenient COVID-19 rules of any public district in Johnson County, has seen far higher infection rates among students than neighboring districts, health officials report. Now, health officials are warning the district they are concerned by the trend. Every other district in the county requires everyone to wear masks at all grade levels. But in Spring Hill, in southern Johnson County, masks are only required for younger students, and were made optional for high schoolers. In addition, the school board agreed to allow parents to sign mask exemption forms — which previously required [...]
