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Kansas wind energy supporters defend local control, economic investments
Kansas wind energy representatives and advocates guaranteed a senate panel Tuesday a bill currently under consideration would end industry investment and development in the state if approved. Senate Bill 279 would establish state regulation of wind generation facilities, replacing county…
Kansas hopes to receive 100,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine next week
Kansas is hoping to get as many as 100,000 added doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine as early as next week. Health officials said 100,000 more doses of the single-shot vaccine would be roughly a two-thirds increase in…
House advances bill expanding alcohol sales on Sundays, lawmakers cite Chiefs as big reason
Lawmakers are moving forward with a bill that increases access to beer and liquor in the state of Kansas. The House advanced a bill that would allow alcohol sales to begin at 9 a.m. on Sundays instead of noon. It…
Lenexa bringing back many community events this year
Lenexa is planning multiple community events through July to bring people together safely this year. The “City of Festivals” has brought back many of its events for the first half of this year, although many of them have been reformatted…
KCK school board votes to return to in-person classes March 31
The Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Education voted Tuesday night to return to in-person classes on Wednesday, March 31, earlier than previously decided. Students still will have the option for remote learning, if their parents choose. District officials explained that…
Library District reminds OP residents about power of words to inspire and console
Did you know that Overland Park has a Library District? It’s a neighborhood that extends south and east from Johnson County’s Central Resource Library at 9875 W. 87th St. Now, thanks to a project completed in time for spring walking…
Overland Park task force would review chip seal, stormwater and other infrastructure needs
Overland Park needs an advisory board to consider the best ways to maintain and pay for streets, sidewalks and stormwater improvements, three city councilmembers say. ...The ongoing controversy over chip seal – a road surfacing method that presses crushed rock…
City of Manhattan could lose funding if defined as a ‘micropolitan’ by federal government
The federal government is considering changing what it considers a metropolitan area. A new proposal would raise the minimum population from 50,000 to 100,000 people. If this change moved forward, 144 cities across the country would be considered "micropolitan" by…
Bill would limit wind farms in Kansas
Forty-one percent of the state’s electricity is coming from wind energy. That’s second most in the nation, but some people are saying that’s high enough. A new bill would put major restrictions on wind farms in Kansas. The bill would…
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