info2019-08-05T14:23:47-05:00August 5th, 2019|
A major new entertainment venue is coming to Towne East Square. No one is discussing it yet, but Round 1 — a combination bowling, arcade, billiards, karaoke, ping pong, darts and dining venue — will open at the mall by about this time next year. Shoppers have noticed construction at the lower level of the mall in the JCPenney wing. (Read more: Carrie Rengers: Business Columns & Blogs |)
info2019-08-05T14:17:44-05:00August 5th, 2019|
With a decision looming in the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Trump administration announced it will not increase funding for any state seeking partial Medicaid expansion. The lawsuit against the ACA, led by 18 attorneys general, requests the court to throw out the entire health care act on the grounds that it is unconstitutional. Earlier this year, attempts were made by some states to partially expand Medicaid. Utah requested the federal government pay 90 percent of the partial expansion costs, keeping the state’s share at 10 percent. But the Trump [...]
info2019-08-05T14:15:25-05:00August 5th, 2019|
Officials with the Topeka Rescue Mission say the organization could close next month if new funding isn’t found. Leaders said in a statement Monday that the mission is facing a $180,000 shortfall each month. It will close all its shelters and end all services if new funding isn’t found by Sept. 15. WIBW reports Mission leaders say they’ve already made money-saving moves, including announcing last week that the TRM Thrift Store would close soon. (Read more: 1350 KMAN)
info2019-08-05T19:59:04-05:00August 5th, 2019|
In many progressive circles, the most hated tax in the land is a sales tax on food. Kansas is one of the few states that charges it, and opponents decry it as extremely regressive because it forces low-income people to pay tax on a product that is necessary for life. But now questions are being raised whether Lawrence city commissioners — perhaps without much thought — are placing an equally regressive tax on the one product that may be even more essential than food. Commissioners are poised to place a new tax on water. As part of the city’s proposed 2020 [...]
info2019-08-05T20:00:27-05:00August 5th, 2019|
While water rates are set to go up 8% next year, the city is sitting on a huge pile of cash in its utility fund. How much cash? So much that city officials aren’t entirely sure where it all came from. A review of financial documents by the Journal-World found that the city’s water/sewer fund is projected to end 2019 with nearly $42 million in reserves. To put that in perspective, for every $1 that the water/sewer fund spends in 2019, it has an additional 84 cents sitting in a type of savings account known as a fund balance. “That is [...]
info2019-08-05T08:30:07-05:00August 5th, 2019|
As fast as the water rose in Ottawa, that's how fast crews arrived to start cleaning it all up Friday. After severe thunderstorms caused heavy flooding for many in town, several Ottawa businesses spent the day trying to get back to normal. Richard Towe, a retired Ottawa firefighter, opened Three Guys Liquor fifteen years ago. His son now owns the family business, but he said in all these years, he's never seen anything like this. (Read more: fox4kc.com | FOX 4 - WDAF)
info2019-08-05T08:29:07-05:00August 5th, 2019|
Belly Flop with the Cops gave St. John-area youths a chance to interact with the local police force and have some free fun in the pool from Friday evening. “We have some new faces on our force and we want kids to get to know them,” said Officer Tori Perez before the event. “This seemed like a fun way to do it.” Perez joined the three-member city police force in May. “I think it was a wonderful idea,” said St. John pool manager Stephanie Smith. “That’s why we waived the normal admission fee of $2 for adults and $1 for kids.” [...]
info2019-08-05T08:27:26-05:00August 5th, 2019|
A water line dispute between neighbors in Wellsville, Kan., has degenerated into a civil suit filed in federal district court and involved the city and its mayor who are among the defendants named in the suit. Marc and Regina Smith, the plaintiffs, say in court filings that they paid for a water meter in 1999 to serve their newly purchased residence and that the house is served by a water service line that extends about 1000ft from the meter to the property. The couple claims that three of their neighbors tapped into the water line without a formal written agreement regarding [...]
info2019-08-05T08:26:25-05:00August 5th, 2019|
Voters in this 1-year-old incorporated city will vote Tuesday on a property tax question. The state’s tax lid formula limits the increase of the city budget for 2020, and the ballot asks:“Shall Resolution No. 2019-0023, adopted by the governing body of The Highlands, Kansas, on July 5th, 2019, increasing the City property tax by $30,000 to provide adequate funding for the City services and needs in 2020 be approved?” (Read more: Local - The Hutchinson News)
info2019-08-05T08:31:22-05:00August 5th, 2019|
Gov. Laura Kelly signed an executive order Friday designed to match a Missouri law linking state-level business development incentives to net job growth in seven counties of the Kansas City metropolitan area and inspire at least a truce in the economic border war. The order issued by Kansas' Democratic governor adhered to a law signed by Missouri Gov. Michael Parson, a Republican. The concern of public officials in both states has been the propensity of government officials to shower ... (Read more: Local Government - The Topeka Capital-Journal)
