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Kansas sees its best week of cases in more than eight months
The dropping trend of COVID-19 cases in Kansas continues. The past week in Kansas saw 1,887 new cases, the lowest week since the end of June. The weekly high of cases was more than 19,000 cases at the end of…
Welcome to the only county in Kansas that doesn’t have a COVID emergency
Greetings from Chautauqua, the only county in Kansas where COVID-19 isn’t an emergency. This bucolic and remote county, nestled on the Oklahoma border 100 highway miles southeast of Wichita, is the only place in Kansas that isn’t under a COVID…
Local government groups present ‘bond modernization agenda’ to Congress
Local government groups told a House committee Thursday the reinstatement of tax-exempt advance refunding and tax credit bonds are top priorities for infrastructure financing, part of a "bond modernization agenda." They also highlighted the importance of raising the limit on…
Senate sends Kansas property tax reform package to governor
Sen. Caryn Tyson urged fellow senators Thursday to endorse “historic” property tax reform and overlook changes made by the House to lump school districts into the reform package for local governments. Tyson, a Republican from Parker, credited the late Sen.…
Bill requires more property tax transparency
A bill that recently passed the Kansas House and Senate would remove the property tax lid enacted on governing bodies a few years ago, replacing it with a requirement to publish notices and hold a public hearing before exceeding their…
Rural Americans in Pharmacy Deserts Hurting for COVID-19 Vaccines
As the Biden administration accelerates a plan to use pharmacies to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, significant areas of the country lack brick-and-mortar pharmacies capable of administering the protective shots. A recent analysis by the Rural Policy Research Institute found that 111…
Sedgwick County Commissioners reflect on one year of COVID-19 restrictions
"We didn't really know what this virus was or how deadly it can be," said Commissioner Lacey Cruse, as she reflects back on March 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic began. A year ago today, March 13, Sedgwick County put its…
State grants set to improve broadband
Critically needed broadband will soon be available to more than a dozen Kansas communities after the first-round recipients of a state grant program were announced Thursday. The Broadband Acceleration Grant Program, created in fall 2020, aims to increase broadband access…
City of Lawrence to pay 48 fire, police and other employees nearly $1M total in back overtime because of classification mistake
The City of Lawrence has agreed to pay nearly $1 million in back overtime to dozens of firefighter captains, police sergeants and other city employees. Following both an outside and internal review, the city determined it had mistakenly misclassified certain…
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