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Carbondale plans grand opening ceremony for new library
The Carbondale City Library will hold a grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the completion of the new building’s construction. The ceremony will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, at 302 Main St., Carbondale. The new 6,000-square-feet building…
Local elections in Kansas were moved from the spring to the fall with the promise of increasing voter turnout, but did it work?
Only 9.7% of eligible voters cast a ballot in Topeka's 2021 primary election. However, the disappointing turnout isn't a sign that changes to spur higher turnout have failed, at least not yet. Election Day changed in 2017, but voter turnout…
Municipal Bond Trends for August 16, 2021
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.
Treasury yields start the week lower with Fed meeting minutes in focus
U.S. Treasury yields fell on Monday morning, with investor focus on minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest meeting, due to be published on Wednesday. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell 3 basis points to 1.263% at 3:55…
Kansas plays catch up on pension funding with $500 million bond sale
Kansas is taking advantage of continued low interest rates with a $502.6 million taxable deal to pump money into its underfunded state retirement system. The pension obligation bonds on Tuesday's calendar are coming through the Kansas Development Finance Authority with…
Spring Hill water treatment plant officially opens
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Aug. 5 for the Hillsdale Water Treatment Plant at 22705 Moonlight Rd., Spring Hill, Kan. The ceremony marked the completion of an expansion and provides the treatment of water from four million gallons of water…
Great Bend OKs three sales tax questions
There will be three separate City of Great Bend sales tax questions on the Nov. 2 general election ballot following action by the City Council Monday night. These would help fund quality of life improvements, pay off the city’s debt…
Rural Business Development funds announced
U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. and Jerry Moran announced a $96,575 USDA Rural Business Development grant that will be used to increase training and education programs availability in 27 counties. The counties benefitting from this USDA Rural Business Development grant…
Strong wind, large hail cause severe damage in central Kansas
Strong winds and large hail caused severe damage in Rice and Ellsworth counties Sunday evening. The storm started around 5:30 p.m., south of Ellsworth and continued for about 30 miles. The National Weather Service of Wichita estimates that winds levels…
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