info2020-11-02T06:54:03-06:00November 2nd, 2020|
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.
info2020-11-02T06:52:48-06:00November 2nd, 2020|
For the first time during the pandemic, Drew Miller was unable to send a severely ill COVID patient to the intensive care unit. Miller and other staff at the Kearny County Hospital, in southwestern Kansas, had done what they could last weekend, putting the patient on a maximum oxygen flow. But the closest ICU in the area was one county over — St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City — and it was full. The nearest open ICU bed was in Kansas City, seven hours away. Source: Leavenworth Times
info2020-11-02T06:51:46-06:00November 2nd, 2020|
Girard City Council members amended an ordinance last week to strictly prohibit citizens of Girard from having a pit bull, Doberman or rottweiler within the city limits. The previous version of the ordinance had a loophole that still allowed dog owners to have those breeds. The ordinance is part of the city’s laws against vicious animals and also applies to any dog that is a mix between these "aggressive" breeds and other breeds. Source: State News - Morning Sun
info2020-11-02T06:47:46-06:00November 2nd, 2020|
The City of Arkansas City announced the debut of its new FlashVote citizen surveying system. Among other uses, these quick surveys will be used to develop its new Comprehensive Plan. The City and FlashVote are working together to make regular civic participation more accessible and simple for the Ark City community. Source: Cowley CourierTraveler
info2020-11-02T06:48:27-06:00November 2nd, 2020|
The Winfield Public Library is working toward reopening its building to the public, although staff believe the current model of curbside and virtual services is the safest option for the time being, according to a presentation from WPL director Joan Cales to the Winfield City Commission on Thursday. According to a copy of Cales’ presentation, although the building remains closed the library is providing community services 43 hours a week. Services include e-library, curbside service, wireless internet access, craft kids, copy and fax services, virtual programs and more. Source: Cowley CourierTraveler
info2020-11-02T06:48:41-06:00November 2nd, 2020|
The Shawnee Mission school district will ask residents to approve a $264 million bond issue and property tax increase to rebuild schools, fund renovation projects and hire additional teachers to address workload concerns. The school board this week agreed to put the bond referendum to a public vote Jan. 26. The proposal would raise the district’s property tax rate, an annual increase of $8 per every $100,000 of assessed home value for the average homeowner. If approved, the bonds would pay to rebuild five elementary schools, renovate middle and high schools, plus fund other updates and repairs. Superintendent Mike Fulton said it [...]
info2020-11-02T06:48:54-06:00November 2nd, 2020|
The State’s largest utility wants to charge customers with solar panels about $25 a month, even if their homes pull almost no electricity off the grid. If courts and regulators reject that idea, power-provider Evergy’s backup proposal would charge all customers — not just those harvesting power on their roofs — a minimum of $35 a month just for plugging into its system. For most customers, that charge wouldn’t matter, because it would count against their energy consumption. But some poorer households don’t use that much electricity, so they’d be paying more. Evergy, the largest electric utility in Kansas, needed to [...]
info2020-11-02T06:49:34-06:00November 2nd, 2020|
A recently announced state program to help with overdue rent impacts from novel coronavirus could be a big boost to many struggling local families. With the continued rise in infections, however, and the likelihood it will affect some jobs for months, officials in helping agencies are concerned the assistance may not be enough to keep the community, already experiencing growing homelessness, from suffering a serious housing crisis. Complicating the situation, at least one property manager said, is an influx of new residents seeking to escape larger cities because of the virus, putting greater pressure on landlords and an already tight housing [...]
info2020-11-02T06:50:01-06:00November 2nd, 2020|
One of the candidates for Sedgwick County Treasurer in Tuesday’s election wants to be the last person ever elected to the office. “I hope to be the last who has to run for this seat,” said Democrat Charity Kennedy, who is campaigning in part on eliminating the role of county treasurer as an elected position and transitioning it to a nonpolitical staff role. “Imagine a county treasurer who is devoted totally to serving the public instead of worrying about her next election. Right now, after reviewing certain financials of the treasurer’s office, I’m seeing opportunities for more efficient use of taxpayer [...]
info2020-11-02T06:50:41-06:00November 2nd, 2020|
Health experts in Johnson County will soon be studying bowls of swirling water to help them predict a possible next coronavirus surge. But it won’t be tea leaves they’re reading. Instead, it will be sewer samples. The county has joined a statewide study of community sewage systems in Kansas that experts hope could give them up to a one-week jump on the next wave of the disease. Samples from six wastewater treatment plants in the county are being collected so scientists can look for RNA from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, which has caused more than 14,000 infections, 560 hospitalizations [...]
