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USDA Ensures All Kids Can Get Free Meals This Summer as Nation Reopens

info2020-06-12T08:14:41-05:00June 11th, 2020|

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced a nationwide extension of another key flexibility for USDA’s child nutrition programs. This waiver allows local partners, who have been working overtime serving meals to kids during the health crisis, the ability to continue serving free meals to all children – regardless of where they live – for the remainder of the summer. This action is part of USDA’s ongoing commitment to making it as easy as possible for local program operators to get food to children impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Read more: Fort Scott Tribune)

Pittsburg commission approves funding for CHCSEK residency program facilities

info2020-06-12T08:15:04-05:00June 11th, 2020|

The Pittsburg City Commission this week approved a grant of up to $600,000 — 10 percent of an estimated $6 million total cost — to be paid upon completion of a project to expand Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas’ facilities to accommodate its new family practice residency program. In making his case to commission, Jason Wesco, executive vice president of CHCSEK, said the organization’s goal is to provide access to healthcare, but that goal goes beyond just being a health clinic. (Read more: Education - Morning Sun)

Individual KS districts to decide how school will look when fall semester begins

info2020-06-11T08:17:37-05:00June 11th, 2020|

he Kansas State Board of Education Wednesday held a virtual meeting to discuss how Fall 2020 could look for schools across the state. The biggest takeaway from that meeting is that the board is going to let each individual district decide what the fall semester will look like for them. The board will be recommending guidelines as it has hundreds of educators and health officials working together. (Read more: KWCH News)

National Guard working in Johnson County to package 4 million meals for food insecure Kansans

info2020-06-11T08:15:39-05:00June 11th, 2020|

Social distancing requirements have made it difficult for a variety of businesses and programs to operate — including meal packaging efforts for food insecure individuals. As COVID-19 stay-at-home orders progressed volunteer groups began cancelling meal packaging events with The Outreach Program, a national nonprofit aiming to address hunger. This created a supply issue for food banks that still needed access to shelf-stable goods. Then, the Kansas National Guard stepped in. Rick McNary, vice president of strategic partnerships at The Outreach Program, received a call from the Kansas Division of Emergency Management, which was willing to fund production costs. KDEM informed McNary [...]

10-year Treasury yield drops below 0.7% on fears of a second coronavirus wave

info2020-06-11T08:13:23-05:00June 11th, 2020|

Treasury yields dropped on Thursday as rising fears of a second wave of the virus and a cautious economic outlook from the Federal Reserve drove investors to safe-haven bonds. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note plunged 6 basis points to 0.681%, hitting the lowest level since June 3. The yield on the 30-year bond fell 7 basis points to 1.440%. Yields move inversely to prices. The coronavirus pandemic remains on investors' radar, with confirmed infections in the U.S. now exceeding 2 million and several areas of the country reporting spikes following the reopening of their economies. (Read more: CNBC - Bonds)

Near-zero rates here to stay; “Dot plot” expects no rate changes for 3 years

info2020-06-11T08:12:53-05:00June 11th, 2020|

The Summary of Economic Projections, released Wednesday, shows Federal Open Market Committee members expect the fed funds rate target to remain at zero lower bound through next year, with all but two participants expecting no rates hikes in 2022 as well. One member expects rates to jump a full point in 2022, while the other outlier sees rates climbing 25 basis points in 2022. Over the longer run, most members see rates at 2.5%, with others ranging from 2.0% to 3.0%. And in his post-meeting press conference, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said, “We are not even thinking about thinking about raising [...]

Shawnee to consider extending sidewalk for outdoor seating downtown during COVID-19 pandemic

info2020-06-11T08:04:09-05:00June 11th, 2020|

Shawnee will consider allowing restaurants and bars to have temporary outdoor seating along Johnson Drive downtown. To accommodate downtown businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, Shawnee city staff on Monday proposed a plan similar to what Leawood now offers for the food and drink service industry: Extended outdoor seating. Shawnee’s plan would include parklets. Parklets are sidewalk extensions — decks built in parallel parking spaces adjacent to restaurants and bars — where guests could sit, dine, wait or recreate. Shawnee proposes allowing parklets in parallel parking spaces on Johnson Drive. The decks must allow stormwater to drain, so they can be elevated [...]

Shawnee to provide lease assistance for Drastic Measures, a new cocktail bar coming downtown

info2020-06-11T08:03:39-05:00June 11th, 2020|

The Shawnee City Council on Monday agreed to help pay rent for a new cocktail bar coming to downtown. The owners of Drastic Measures, a spirits and cocktail bar coming to 5817 Nieman Road, requested lease assistance for the first three years of business as they get their feet on the ground....The city’s lease contribution comes from the Shawnee Entrepreneurial and Economic Development program, which supports private efforts to reinvest and redevelop the downtown area and Nieman Road corridor, according to a city memo. (Read more: Prairie Village Post)

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. building new COVID-19 sample collection manufacturing facility in Lenexa

info2020-06-11T08:02:48-05:00June 11th, 2020|

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a biotechnology company with offices in Lenexa, is building a new facility in the city to ramp up manufacturing of products for COVID-19 sample collection and transportation. Planning of the new $40 million manufacturing facility is underway, thanks to a contract the company received from the U.S. government last month to provide highly specialized viral transport media. (Read more: Prairie Village Post)

Spirit to furlough hourly employees on 737 Max program in Wichita as Boeing stops work

info2020-06-11T08:02:17-05:00June 11th, 2020|

Most Spirit AeroSystems hourly employees in Wichita directly associated with production work and support functions for the 737 program will be furloughed beginning Monday, according to Spirit. The furloughs are in response to Boeing’s directive to Spirit to stop producing 737 Max ship sets, Spirit officials said. It will affect around 900 people at the company. Spirit will implement the furloughs for the Wichita employees through July 6 for a total of 21 days, said Keturah Austin, senior manager for corporate communications at Spirit. (Read more: Local News |)