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Humboldt helps Our Market

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Humboldt council members approved investing $20,000 with Amy and Scott Welch to put toward the renovation of Our Market, their up-and-coming grocery store that will partner with their butcher shop. “We’ll recoup that money in a year,” predicted Nobby Davis, mayor of Humboldt, at Monday’s council meeting. Scott Welch said the city could expect to net $31,000 a year and the county $22,000 a year in sales tax revenues, “if we meet our goals.” The Welches did not request a specific amount of funds Monday evening, but rather explained their situation, which is that “we are rather short of funds” when [...]

Municipal Bond Trends for November 10, 2020

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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.

Wichita to be part of ‘grand partnership’ for 2021 Sundance Film Festival

info2020-11-11T07:50:09-06:00November 10th, 2020|

This summer, Sundance Film Festival announced a new idea that festival director Tabitha Jackson called “a grand partnership of communities” that will host films for the 2021 festival. Now, it looks like Wichita will be a part of that. No one with Utah-based Sundance or Wichita’s mama.film microcinema is commenting yet, but there is material circulating around the community about festival sponsorships through mama.film. The material, which explains several sponsorship levels, says mama.film is a partner hub for the festival. Source: Business Columns

Butler County health officials say resources are at capacity due to COVID-19

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The Butler County Health Department said Tuesday that local resources are at capacity because of the number of COVID-19 cases in the area. The department is asking Butler County residents to take the following steps: If you have received notification that you tested positive for COVID-19, please isolate for ten (10)days from symptom onset or, if asymptomatic, your test date. A person who tested positive forCOVID-19 will need to be in isolation for at least ten (10)days. If you are a household contact(close contact)to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, your quarantine will continue for fourteen (14)days once the positive [...]

Sedgwick County sets new COVID rules on bars, stores, restaurants, sports; up to $500 fines

info2020-11-11T07:50:56-06:00November 10th, 2020|

With hospitals full and coronavirus infection at its highest level since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Sedgwick County’s health officer has issued a new order tightening limits on mass gatherings and setting an earlier curfew on bars, nightclubs and restaurants. County commissioners also added enforcement provisions to what had been a nearly unenforceable set of rules, establishing a maximum fine of $500 for repeated violations. Kansas had 56 new COVID outbreaks in one week. KDHE names 45 of 261 active clusters Dr. Garold Minns’ new health order limits wedding receptions and other family gatherings to 100 persons, or 50 percent of the venue’s fire [...]

Kelly warns of hospitalization rise but says mitigation policy will be up to counties – for now

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Hospital capacity and staffing shortages remain acute concerns, Gov. Laura Kelly and Lee Norman, secretary of health and environment, said Tuesday, although statewide mitigation tactics aren’t yet on the cards. As facilities from Topeka to Wichita are seeing a shortage of available workers, Norman said the “competition for beds is getting stiffer.” And staff shortages remain a problem as doctors, nurses or technicians contract the virus or await test results. Some hospitals in Kansas had adopted a bonus structure to encourage staff to take on more shifts, Norman said. Source: News - Wellington Daily News - Wellington, KS

State school board looking to give schools relief, but no plans yet to lower minimum hour requirement

info2020-11-11T07:51:16-06:00November 10th, 2020|

With schools struggling to adapt to the ever changing COVID-19 situation in the state, the Kansas State Board of Education is looking for ways to relax some of the requirements school districts must follow. However, the board will not yet decide on potentially lowering the number of required instructional hours Kansas schools must provide for students. Source: Education - Morning Sun

Kansas exceeds 100K coronavirus cases as mask debate rages

info2020-11-11T07:51:27-06:00November 10th, 2020|

Kansas on Monday reported another record seven-day spike in coronavirus cases, pushing the state past 100,000 for the pandemic as officials wrestled with getting more residents to wear masks. The state Department of Health and Environment added 5,920 new confirmed and probable cases to the state's tally since Friday, bringing the total to 103,553 since the pandemic began. The state averaged 2,047 new cases a day for the seven days ending Monday, 15% higher than the previous record average of 1,779 for the seven days ending Friday. The state health department also reported another 15 COVID-19-related deaths over three days, bringing [...]

Tax revenues hit double-digit percentage points

info2020-11-11T07:51:35-06:00November 10th, 2020|

The State of Kansas continues to see revenue growth over the same month of the last fiscal year. October’s total tax receipts were $596.6 million, an 11.7 percent or $62.6 million increase over the estimate. That is 7.9 percent or $43.6 million, more than October of Fiscal Year 2020. “As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact Kansans and threaten our state’s economic uncertainty, Congress must pass an economic relief bill,” Governor Laura Kelly said. “While the positive revenue trends are encouraging, the future of this revenue growth will be tied to the support we get from Washington and to every Kansas [...]

With record COVID-19, these Johnson County school districts send older students online

info2020-11-11T07:51:39-06:00November 10th, 2020|

In what might be a sign of what’s to come in Johnson County, the Spring Hill school district plans to transition middle and high school students back to online-only classes later this month in the face of skyrocketing new COVID-19 cases. In this district at the southern edge of the county, much of it rural, the school board voted 5-2 on Monday to move older students to remote learning on Nov. 30, unless new case numbers start to drop by Nov. 25. Middle and high schoolers have been learning in person, full time, since last month — unlike in other Johnson County [...]