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Roeland Park takes steps to help city staff amidst pandemic, procedural approvals to enact county, state orders
The Roeland Park city council on Friday evening held a special city council meeting to address issues brought on by the novel coronavirus. Below are the four measures the city council approved: Allow city employees to use paid sick leave…
The City of Wellington is closing all offices starting Tuesday
The following is a press release issued through the City of Wellington on Monday, March. 23. Due to the current national health emergency relating to the concerns of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), the City of Wellington will no longer allow public…
City Hall in Ark City to close starting Monday
To maintain employee health and help limit the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) locally, the City of Arkansas City will close City Hall to the public starting Monday. This closure will be for a minimum of two weeks and will be…
Fed expands reach of new credit facility to muni bond market
The Federal Reserve is expanding its facility backing money market mutual funds to also provide support to the municipal bond market as the economy grapples with fallout from the virus pandemic. The Fed announced the creation of the Money Market…
NABL (National Assoc. of Bond Lawyers) Sends Letter to Congress/Treasury on COVID-19 Economic Stimulus Package
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic stimulus package moving through Congress, NABL has submitted a letter to Congress, as well as to Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the U.S. Treasury. In the letter, NABL asks Congress and the…
Sedgwick County to draft stay-at-home order as top doctor says it isn’t yet necessary
Sedgwick County government staffers are drafting an order for people in the largest city in Kansas to stay at home amid the coronavirus pandemic, even though the county’s top public health official says it is not necessary now. County commissioners…
Kansas City metro under stay-at-home order effective Tuesday as coronavirus spreads
Kansas City and its surrounding counties will be subject to a stay-at-home order effective Tuesday morning in an effort to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, Mayor Quinton Lucas announced Saturday. The order, which will go into effect 12:01…
Leavenworth County issues stay at home order, joining other counties in KC metro
Another county in the Kansas City area is taking similar precautions following the metro area’s stay at home order announced Saturday. Leavenworth County issued a stay-at-home order Sunday that goes into effect Tuesday, March 24. Like the order for Kansas…
Douglas County orders residents to ‘stay at home’ beginning Tuesday, in order similar to KC metro
The Lawrence-Douglas County health department has issued a “stay at home” order that will go into effect early Tuesday morning to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The order includes restrictions similar to those announced earlier this weekend by…
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