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Overland Park announces new city manager — a familiar face here from the early 2000s
Lori Curtis Luther, who has been hired as Overland Park’s new city manager, might have a familiar look — she worked for the city in the early 2000s. Luther, most recently the city manager for Beloit, Wisconsin, is returning to…
With funds dwindling, spending Kansas’ COVID relief funds has been marred by opacity, finger-pointing
In March 2021, Kansas lawmakers got the news they had been waiting for: The state would be in line for $1.6 billion in direct aid from Washington, D.C., to help cope with the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials soon…
Biking Across Kansas to return to southwest Kansas
The longest-running bicycling event in Kansas history, a 512-mile ride across the State, begins Friday, June 10, after canceling the tour due to the pandemic in 2020 and hosting a three-day rally in 2021. Biking Across Kansas is an eight-day…
Salina’s new hotel is having success downtown
Bringing a downtown hotel to Salina helps the city thrive. With a high occupancy rate, Homewood Suites on Santa Fe Avenue is serving as a focal point for organizations and driving visitors to downtown. High-end furnishings and friendly staff welcome…
Municipal Bond Trends for June 6, 2022
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.
Fed minutes point to more rate hikes that go further than the market anticipates
Federal Reserve officials earlier this month stressed the need to raise interest rates quickly and possibly more than markets anticipate to tackle a burgeoning inflation problem, minutes from their meeting released Wednesday showed. Not only did policymakers see the need…
GFOA debt committee launches ‘wholesale review’ of best practices
The Government Finance Officers Association's debt committee Saturday recommended repealing a decades-old policy position against taxable debt and revamping a swath of best practices ranging from issuing variable-rate debt to hiring underwriters as part of a wider updating of its…
Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard says it’s ‘very hard to see the case’ for the Fed pausing rate hikes
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard said Thursday that it's unlikely the central bank will be taking a break from its current rate-hiking cycle anytime soon. Though she stressed that Fed policymakers will remain data-dependent, Brainard said the most likely…
Fed Governor Christopher Waller says he’s prepared to take rates past ‘neutral’ to fight inflation
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Monday he sees interest rate increases continuing through the rest of the year as part of an effort to bring inflation under control. Specifically, the central bank official said he would support hikes that…
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