info2020-06-03T08:51:41-05:00June 2nd, 2020|
Circle USD 375 has partnered with Farms to Families to provide boxes of food to communities. The distribution will be Wednesday, June 3 from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Circle High School located at 905 Main Street in Towanta. There will be a drive-through pickup, and it is free for anyone who needs it. Food boxes will be first come, first serve. (Read more: KSN-TV)
info2020-06-03T08:52:58-05:00June 2nd, 2020|
The Wichita Police Department says two people were arrested and three officers suffered minor injuries after a protest turned violent Monday night. Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay says when the disruption occurred Monday night near 21st Street and Arkansas, people were told to clear the area, but 50 to 70 people refused to leave and began throwing rocks, cinder blocks, water bottles and other debris. Police say people began to gather for a demonstration near 21st and Arkansas at about 7 p.m. Monday. At about 11:30 p.m., the front glass of the Metro PCS store in the 700 block of West [...]
info2020-06-02T08:44:08-05:00June 2nd, 2020|
Residents of Baldwin City and Eudora appear to have done more of their shopping close to home since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the latest sales tax figures from the Kansas Department of Revenue suggest. Both communities collected more revenue from their local sales taxes in March of this year than in March 2019. And Baldwin City Administrator Glenn Rodden and Eudora City Manager Barack Matite say that’s because many people were staying put in the bedroom communities during the pandemic. Many Baldwin City and Eudora residents who work in larger urban areas like Lawrence and Johnson County either lost their jobs [...]
info2020-06-02T08:43:25-05:00June 2nd, 2020|
In contrast to the city of Lawrence, Baldwin City and Eudora are planning to open their municipal swimming pools this month with modifications designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Although the two cities are taking different approaches to opening their pools, officials in Baldwin City and Eudora said safety was the foremost planning consideration. “We know everybody is itching to get out, but at the end of the day everything we have planned is for the overall good health of the people and families of Eudora” said Eudora Parks and Recreation Department Director Sally Pennington. “We know with our square [...]
info2020-06-02T08:29:27-05:00June 2nd, 2020|
Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple said he is forming a new advisory council on civil rights after a weekend of peaceful protests over the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minnesota. “I want to thank you for keeping the protests this weekend both peaceful and productive,” Whipple said in a video posted to Twitter. “At City Hall, we are ready to listen and to work with the community towards a better Wichita. And that’s why tomorrow I plan to appoint an advisory council to the mayor that is focused on inclusion, diversity and civil rights so that we can have [...]
info2020-06-02T08:29:03-05:00June 2nd, 2020|
The City of Great Bend took the next step towards improved communications for its first responders as the City Council approved the purchase of 800 MHz radio for the police and fire departments, the costs of which was over $550,000. “As we dove into this project, we knew it would take a few years to set the money aside,” said Fire Chief Luke McCormick. The project itself has been a few years in the make as well. (Read more: Great Bend Tribune)
info2020-06-02T08:27:50-05:00June 2nd, 2020|
The Overland Park City Council will have major decisions ahead to keep spending in line with big drops in revenues. But City Manager Bill Ebel believes it can be done without increasing the tax rate. Ebel proposed keeping the mill levy steady at 13.557 and no increase in the stormwater utility fee for the 2021 budget. But the budget he proposed to a council committee Monday called for the city to spend down its reserve funds to meet operating expenses – something it hasn’t done since the last recession. (Read more: Prairie Village Post)
info2020-06-02T08:27:25-05:00June 2nd, 2020|
The Roeland Park City Council Monday evening became the first city in the state to approve an ordinance banning conversion therapy. Roeland Park was at the forefront of LGBTQ+ rights in the state in 2014 when it passed a non-discrimination ordinance. In the years that followed, more than a dozen Johnson County cities followed suit. Councilmember Benjamin Dickens, one of the ordinance’s three sponsors, said the conversion therapy ban has this same potential. (Read more: Prairie Village Post)
info2020-06-02T08:26:48-05:00June 2nd, 2020|
The Reno County Commission on Tuesday will be asked to consider a request from the state that the local health department take over child care licensing for facilities in Harvey County as well as Reno County. Reno County has operated a licensing and inspection program within the county, on behalf of the state, for years. Its purpose is to ensure the operational quality of licensed childcare facilities in the county, in addition to providing “education and recruitment for new childcare providers.” In early 2020 the Kansas Department of Health and Environment reached out to Reno County about absorbing the Harvey County [...]
info2020-06-02T08:24:06-05:00June 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.
