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Kansas City area schools dropped COVID mask rules. Here’s why they’re required anyway
Though many Kansas City area districts have moved away from mandates on masks, this week students in several schools are required to wear them anyway as COVID-19 cases surge. These districts still require masks temporarily if a certain percentage of…
Legislators, governor agree to allocate $154 million in federal stimulus funding
Gov. Laura Kelly and legislative leaders unanimously agreed Monday to dedicate $154 million in federal stimulus funding to support economic development with construction of commercial buildings and to improve resources available to low-income students struggling in school. Members of the…
FCC latest funding will give over $5 million to 19 Kansas school districts
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced on Monday, Jan. 10, that it is committing $361,037,156.16 in their latest wave of Emergency Connectivity Fund (EFC) Program support to schools, libraries and consortia. Out of the 859 facilities that will be receiving…
Emporia hospital experiences ventilator shortage, county declares emergency
Hospitals across Kansas are feeling the strain not just on staffing but on supplies as well. One hospital, in particular, ran out of ventilators on Friday as the state continued to report a surge in COVID-19 cases. On Friday, Jan.…
Suburban multifamly boom creates a complex issue
Multifamily development in Johnson County has exploded in the past decade. Lenexa alone added roughly 3,000 apartments between 2011 and 2020, and Overland Park picked up 7,000 apartment and senior-living units in that same period, with 1,355 completed just in…
Dodge City public transportation fees return in February
Effective Feb. 1, 2022, Dodge City will be reinstating all passenger fees for their public transportation services. Public transportation fees have been waived since June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, due to funding received from the Kansas Department of…
Topeka’s new loan forgiveness program encourages investment in lower-income neighborhoods
A lifetime of memories exists in the house where Kristin Miller grew up in southeast Topeka's Hi-Crest West neighborhood.... in late 2017, Miller found herself facing home repair costs she couldn't afford to cover. Fortunately, she said, she was accepted…
‘Nonrenewable resource’: As western Kansas dries up, Legislature revisits water policy
For the better part of a decade, the drinking water supply for a small southwest Kansas town was almost constantly contaminated with unsafe levels of radium, a radioactive element that can cause cancer. The city of Lakin found unsafe levels…
Johnson County says close contact tracing of COVID-19 in schools ‘no longer feasible’
Amid a record surge in COVID-19 cases, the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment has told local school districts that “intensive contact tracing within schools is no longer feasible.” The flood of new cases, fueled in part by the…
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