Investors widely expect a third-in-a-row rate cut this week. Officials are ready to slow—or even stop—lowering rates after that. Source: Wall Street Journal

In an interview with the Journal, Martha Tasker, director of utilities for Salina, said that much like a car or house, parts of the municipal water system must be maintained on a regular basis. The department budgets just more than $2.5 million each year to keep up this regularity, Tasker said. Source: Salina Journal

When a small community in Kansas has a homelessness problem, what’s stopping it from just dropping people off on the streets of a bigger city like Lawrence? ... The law the city is asking for would prohibit any organization that receives state funding — including local governments — from dropping homeless people from one county off in a different county... Source: LJWorld

Because the bikes aren’t what people typically associate with police presence, Officer Steven Alvord said they often go unnoticed by motorists, which makes for a very different dynamic when officers are on patrol.... the bikes, he said, are “stealthy.” And that means motorists might commit traffic infractions, like running a stop sign, right in front of a bicycle officer without even thinking about it. Source: LJWorld