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Lawrence City Commission moves forward with draft strategic plan that will guide city budget decisions
City leaders are moving forward with a draft of the strategic plan that will guide budget decisions for the next two years, and more detailed discussions about how to accomplish the plan’s goals are forthcoming. As part of its work…
Overland Park ranks among top 50 cities for millennials
Millennials represent the largest segment of the U.S. workforce, and as these young professionals assess where they might want to build a career and a life away from the office, a number of factors can shape their decisions. If you're…
Reno County imposes new gathering restrictions due to COVID-19
Reno County officials agreed Tuesday to allow the re-imposition of a mass gathering limit within the county of a maximum of 100 people, based on a recommendation by local health officials. The Reno County Commission didn’t vote on the gathering…
Newton to move high school online; Hutchinson to welcome back some sports fans
Newton Public Schools will move into an orange zone in its gating criteria next week, meaning students in seventh through 12th grade will move to remote learning and sports can continue, but now without fans. Limited fans will still be…
More than 80% of Kansas counties now reporting COVID-19 case rates in the red zone
More Kansas counties had so many new cases of COVID-19 over the past two weeks that they moved into the red zone of one key state benchmark for closing schools during the coronavirus pandemic. A map from the Kansas Department of…
JoCo residents financially impacted by COVID-19 may be eligible for free skills training at JCCC
Johnson County residents and businesses who’ve been financially impacted by COVID-19 may be eligible for free workplace skills training at Johnson County Community College’s Continuing Education branch. The federal government’s Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act is funding…
Governor Kelly updates testing strategies in Kansas
Kansas is planning to spend $53 million to expand coronavirus testing. The federal coronavirus funding was allocated by the Kansas SPARK Task Force to be used for testing in the state. Communities can submit proposals to the Kansas Department of…
Sedgwick County puts up $1.9 million to support local workforce hurt by Covid-19
The Board of Sedgwick County Commissioners last week voted to distribute roughly $1.9 million that will go toward helping Wichita's workforce negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Most of the funds will go toward upskilling laid off workers and those…
City of Lawrence announces first director of equity and inclusion
Lawrence City Manager Craig Owens announced Monday that Farris Muhammad has been hired to be the city’s first director of equity and inclusion. Muhammad was selected after a nationwide search from a field of over 120 applicants, according to a…
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