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Municipal Bond Trends for April 23, 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.
The Fed is unlikely to hint at policy changes next week, even with a stronger economy
Federal Reserve officials next week are likely to paint a robust picture on the economy while simultaneously not even hinting at policy changes ahead. Investors increasingly have come to trust central bankers when they say that even with the economy…
Twenty years later, PWWSD 18 plant still keeping water clean
Twenty years ago, construction work began on a new water treatment plant that, under the auspices of Public Wholesale Water Supply District 18, was designed to treat water from Banner Creek Reservoir west of Holton for use by water customers…
Cities face lifeguard shortage as summer looms
The Jones Aquatic Center kept its gates closed last summer and its full return in 2021 is still precarious due to a shortage of lifeguards and swim instructors. The problem isn’t limited to Emporia. On April 12, Overland Park reported…
Newton changing its signage
Out with the clouds; in with the “train and grain.” The newly formed Community Development Commission moved forward on changing up city gateway/wayfinding signage. “The end game is to have those in place by the sesquicentennial,” Director of Community Development…
Johnson County town makes way for industrial park expansion despite neighbors’ pleas
Hundreds of residents, many of whom live outside of Edgerton’s city limits in unincorporated Johnson and Miami counties, have been fighting the expansion. They are frustrated that Edgerton leaders continue to annex more farmland, making way for the development of…
Crawford County working to combat vaccine hesitancy
While covid-19 vaccinations have become more available - vaccination rates have stalled. They're seeing this firsthand in Crawford County. They're trying to help take away this vaccine hesitancy so many people are having. The good news - they already have…
Sparks steps up as Chief of Moundridge Police Department
Michael Sparks has been a familiar face on the Moundridge Police Department since 1995. This month, he was promoted to chief of police. Despite nearly three decades of policing, Sparks said, as a child, he wanted to be a pilot.…
Water park short on job candidates
McPherson Water Park needs about 15 employees if the facility is going to resume a normal operating schedule this summer. Aquatics Director Kyle Roberts said he’d worked hard over the years to recruit lifeguards and support staff with his motto…
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