Henry Schmidt2023-12-20T10:17:56-06:00December 20th, 2023|
The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of MBIS "investment grade" yields. 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.
info2023-12-20T07:50:38-06:00December 20th, 2023|
The federal government issued new road design standards Tuesday for the first time in 14 years, and Biden administration officials say the long-delayed manual will make roads safer for walkers, cyclists and even motorists on crowded streets. The latest edition of the "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways,” a go-to reference for traffic engineers, includes new advice on how state and local governments should set speed limits. The new standards downplay—but do not eliminate—long-standing guidance that instructs engineers to set speed limits at a rate that 85% of drivers travel under. Safety advocates have argued that the 85th-percentile rule [...]
info2023-12-20T07:48:31-06:00December 20th, 2023|
The City of Salina is moving more into the digital age after it decided to use its own website to publish notices beginning with the new year. This move comes after the city commission Monday adopted a resolution to designate the city's website as the official city "newspaper." While the change in official newspapers begins Jan. 1, the city has already taken steps to have notices also published on its website, which was updated in August, in anticipation of this move and to make sure that the notice function on the site was working properly. "Back in August, the city commission [...]
Henry Schmidt2023-12-19T10:42:35-06:00December 19th, 2023|
The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of MBIS "investment grade" yields. 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.
info2023-12-19T07:22:50-06:00December 19th, 2023|
AI is doing everything from making art to writing computer software, and now community leaders in western Kansas are hoping it can help them crack the code for bringing people and businesses to their areas. The rural communities are turning to AI to identify the businesses, services and housing residents need. That helps them target the types of businesses they should work to attract and where housing is needed to buck long-term trends of rural population loss.... Using AI-powered foot traffic software, officials in Seward, Finney and Ford counties now can track when people come to town and where they shop [...]
info2023-12-19T07:20:45-06:00December 19th, 2023|
New trails are creating buzz in Rossville. Phase 1 of the new Rossville Community Trail, a quarter-mile stretch of concrete, starts at the Rossville Fire Department just south of US-24 highway and circles around the nearby high school to the east. Phases 2 and 3 are expected to complete the nearly 1.5-mile route by next year. To the west of the new concrete paths are another first for the town: a natural surface trail spanning about 0.65 of a mile that was completed earlier this year. The two new trails are just the beginning for the Shawnee County community looking to [...]
info2023-12-18T12:42:43-06:00December 18th, 2023|
The city of Wichita is expected to move forward with a purge of unused and outdated licensing requirements. Fortune-tellers, auctioneers and airport limousine operators are among those who may soon be free of the legal requirement to obtain a license from the city. The City Council will vote Tuesday on a proposal to strike 15 such licensing requirements from the books. “There are a lot of changes that we want to do, but we thought we’d pick basically the low-hanging fruit first and go for the easy ones that we don’t use very often,” Assistant City Attorney Jan Jarman told City [...]
info2023-12-18T11:45:36-06:00December 18th, 2023|
The City of Pittsburg is nearly back to operating at full capacity following a cyber security issue earlier this year. As we reported back in September, the City of Pittsburg experienced the incident impacting the city's network. The breach caused an IT outage, as well as preventing access to city emails, phones, and online payments. The city has cyber insurance and they've been working with them to recover and update their system to ensure an incident like this doesn't happen again. Online payments can now be made again. The city also has restored the phone and email systems. "I think 70 to 80 percent is [...]
info2023-12-18T11:44:22-06:00December 18th, 2023|
Typically, you can find them at the front lines of emergencies - but today, they were at Parsons Walmart, providing a shopping spree for many local families. "Well, you know this is really the best day of the entire year. This is where we get to turn all the police officers, firefighters, and emergency service personnel and the Santa's little helpers," said Robert Spinks, Parsons PD Chief. It's part of Parsons Police Department's "Shop with a Cop" program. The department joined forces with the Labette County Sheriff's Office, the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office, the Kansas Highway Patrol, and the Parsons Fire Department to provide [...]
info2023-12-18T10:54:41-06:00December 18th, 2023|
Harland Priddle, the state's first Secretary of Commerce and Secretary of Agriculture, has died. He was 93. Priddle was born in Hutchinson and grew up on a farm near Haven. After graduating from Kansas State University in 1953, Priddle enlisted in the United States Air Force and spent 22 years before retiring as a Colonel in July 1974. He served seven years overseas assignments and nine years in Washington D.C. including tours with the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. He also served in the White House as Deputy Commander of the White House Communications Agency for the President at [...]
