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Municipal Bond Trends for May 21, 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.
Economist: Why rises in bond yields should be only modest
The COVID-19 pandemic made it abundantly clear that central banks had the tools, and were willing to use them, to counter a dramatic fall-off in global economic activity. That economies and financial markets were able to find their footing so…
Fed’s Daly says inflation pressures likely to ease in 2022
Factors pushing U.S. inflation higher are likely to ebb at the start of 2022, said Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly. “There’s just going to be a sequence of these temporary factors that are going to persist…
Archaeological field in Ark City coming in June
Wichita State University archaeologist Don Blakeslee will direct a month-long field school in Arkansas City for 20 college-level archaeological students starting June 1. They include 13 Kansas students from Wichita State and other state schools, and seven from out of…
Kansas tourism industry ‘getting back on the horse’
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is highlighting the state's tourism and hospitality industry, the ninth-largest industry in the state. The industry brought in more than $86 million per year for the state in pre-pandemic days. Dan Murray, Kansas state director of…
City, county review Manhattan Development Code
Officials anticipate moving into the final stages of finishing the Manhattan Development Code in mid-July. Chad Bunger, assistant director of community development for the city government, updated Riley County commissioners Thursday on the progress of the Manhattan Development Code during…
Developer proposing new $43.6M Museum of Art and Light next to Discovery Center in Manhattan
A nonprofit corporation wants to build a new 50,000-square-foot Museum of Art and Light next to the Flint Hills Discovery Center, seeking state sales tax revenue to build another downtown attraction. According to documents The Mercury obtained on Friday, the…
It may taste and smell bad because of recent rains, but the city of Topeka says its water is still safe to drink
Some of the water coming out of Topeka faucets currently tastes and smells bad, Topeka's city government acknowledged Tuesday. Still, the tap water the city provides remains safe to drink and meets all drinking water standards set by the Environmental…
Chlorine shortage hits southeast Kansas
With summer right around the corner, many are undoubtedly looking forward to going swimming, perhaps for the first time in over a year, since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down public pools. A chlorine shortage is threatening to throw cold water…
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