Henry Schmidt2025-01-10T09:59:41-06:00January 10th, 2025|
The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of AA rated bond trades reported to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s EMMA® system. Every issuer's credit is different, and other financing sources may be available. To obtain comprehensive Financial Advisory services for your local government, contact your Ranson Financial Municipal Advisor, Larry Kleeman, or Henry Schmidt.
Henry Schmidt2025-01-09T09:31:19-06:00January 9th, 2025|
The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of AA rated bond trades reported to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s EMMA® system. Every issuer's credit is different, and other financing sources may be available. To obtain comprehensive Financial Advisory services for your local government, contact your Ranson Financial Municipal Advisor, Larry Kleeman, or Henry Schmidt.
info2025-01-09T06:14:47-06:00January 9th, 2025|
In another year of significant economic development news for Kansas, the biggest projects span from the Kansas City metro to Salina and western Kansas. Source: CJonline
info2025-01-08T09:44:14-06:00January 8th, 2025|
From more than 650 submissions received in the span of just a week, the City of Lawrence has chosen the winner of the 2024 snowplow naming contest: Taylor Drift. “This creative, punny name captured the hearts of our judging panel and will soon grace one of the hardworking snow plows that keep our streets clear and safe during winter weather,” the city announced in a news release ... Source: The Lawrence Times
info2025-01-08T09:43:40-06:00January 8th, 2025|
Kansas Supreme Court Justice K.J. Wall said ... the state is “approaching a constitutional crisis” with a shortage of attorneys in rural areas, and that “equity and justice” are at stake. Wall spoke at a news conference in Concordia as a committee tasked with studying the crisis over the past two years unveiled a report that offers recommendations for attracting more attorneys to practice in rural areas. The report also presents stark data: Outside of the state’s five most-populous counties, just 21% of active attorneys serve 45% of the state’s population. One-third of the attorneys in those 100 rural counties are over the age [...]
info2025-01-08T09:22:22-06:00January 8th, 2025|
Thanks to incredible effort from Sedgwick EMS Director Jaime Anderson and her people, the service will go live and be ready to serve the public on Jan. 1, 2025. The EMS cleared the most major hurdle on Dec. 23 as it passed the state inspection with flying colors after long hours of preparation. Source: Harvey County Now
info2025-01-08T09:20:55-06:00January 8th, 2025|
Walton folks call Claudette Esau the town Google because she knows what’s going on in the town of 218 people. Esau has lived in Walton for most of her life and is great at knowing who is related to who in the area and telling various stories about the history of the town. Even one day, a man went into the local restaurant where Esau and her husband were decorating for Christmas and asked her about something going on in Walton. Source: Harvey County Now
info2025-01-08T09:18:12-06:00January 8th, 2025|
After considering the technology for a few years, the Harvey County Sheriff’s Department decided this was the year to move forward with Flock cameras. Flock is a system that reads license plates on vehicles as they drive by the camera and stores the information that police can then look into. Gay said they can enter certain license plate numbers to be notified when they pass a Flock camera. Source: Harvey County Now
info2025-01-08T09:15:45-06:00January 8th, 2025|
A draft of proposed zoning regulations for commercial solar projects in Jackson County has been sent to members of the county planning commission for review. According to the current draft regulations, any commercial solar project here is limited to no more than 2,000 acres “in order to maintain the county’s rural character and preserve agricultural land.” The county commissioners can approve a modification for the acre limit “based on specific characteristics, which are determined to aid in the preservation of rural character or natural features or to promote the shared agricultural use of the property.” The current draft regulations state that [...]
info2025-01-08T09:14:10-06:00January 8th, 2025|
The city of Roeland Park is starting 2025 with a new police chief. After 25 years with the department — 11 of which he served as chief of police — and 45 years in law enforcement, John Morris retired from his position as Roeland Park police chief on Jan. 1. Morris told the Post on Monday that he decided to retire while he can still enjoy his family, traveling and taking some off-duty gigs here and there. Morris’ successor, Deputy Chief Cory Honas, was scheduled to be sworn in on Jan. 6, but the city is waiting to host that ceremony [...]
