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Topeka, KS offers $10K for remote workers to relocate
GO Topeka, an economic development group in the Topeka, KS area, is the latest to establish a remote work incentive program dubbed the Choose Topeka Relocation Initiative. The initiative will offer remote employees nationally up to $10,000 toward the purchase…
Wichita police issue tickets for violating city’s mask mandate
The Wichita Police Department is now issuing tickets for violations of the city’s mask ordinance that requires most people to wear protective face masks in public to fight the coronavirus. The ordinance passed July 3, but was not enforced until…
Municipal Bond Trends for September 14, 2020
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.
Compliance with face mask and bar curfew order is no longer voluntary in Sedgwick County
Compliance with the coronavirus public health order on face masks and a bar curfew is no longer voluntary in Sedgwick County. Health officer Dr. Garold Minns signed a new emergency public health order on Monday, removing the phrase “voluntary compliance”…
Pretty Prairie wind farm lawsuit dismissed, allowing it to be appealed
The Pretty Prairie Wind lawsuit was dismissed by a Reno County judge on Monday after attorneys for the developer filed a motion asking to dismiss all claims in the suit except on an issue the district court already ruled on.…
Manhattan City Commission looking at giving city staff power to raise Parks & Rec fees
The Manhattan City Commission is looking into giving city administrators the power to set Parks & Recreation fees without seeking commission approval first. Deputy City Manager Jason Hilgers said city staff already have the ability to do this with new…
“It will be drastic and very harmful,” Governor Kelly warns of possible budget cuts
The SPARK Task Force was assembled to distribute millions of dollars in federal CARES Act funding in three rounds. The task force is working to finalize and send out the final $290 million to communities. Governor Kelly said some of…
Muni-Bond Downgrades Rare Even With Few Spared Pandemic’s Blows
Even as America’s states and cities brace for hundreds of billions of dollars tax collections to disappear, the two biggest credit-rating companies have been slow to downgrade municipal debt amid increasing risk for the $3.9 trillion market. Since the pandemic…
Vandals have stolen one of the just-installed Keeper statues celebrating Wichita’s 150th
If you go out searching for the 13 Keeper statues that were just installed as a celebration of Wichita’s 150th birthday, you can mark one off the list — for now. Over the weekend, the new statue at Planeview Park…
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