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Columbus voters to decide $14 million bond issue
Voters in the Columbus School District could soon be deciding a $14 million bond issue. If passed, this project would add four storm shelters to their high school, reorganize students and also shut down Highland Elementary. Brian Smith, Superintendent, Columbus…
Roeland Park to consider city-level move making racially discriminatory HOA language illegal
The Roeland Park city council on Monday evening discussed an amendment to its non-discrimination ordinance that would outlaw discriminatory language in home owners associations covenants. Although the United States Supreme Court has found racially restrictive covenants unenforceable, many property-related documents…
Expansion of STAR bonds could fund development around KU Medical Center
A Kansas Department of Commerce official told lawmakers Monday that expanding the scope of STAR bonds would allow the agency to approve public funding for a development project around the University of Kansas Medical Center. Skeptical House Republicans questioned David…
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Kansas Department of Labor rules Shawnee Mission 3-year unilateral contract was impermissible
The Kansas Department of Labor sided with the Shawnee Mission teachers union on Friday, ruling that the school board committed a “prohibited practice” when it imposed a three-year unilateral contract. The teachers union challenged the legality of the contract, which was approved…
Senate bill may end tax lid law
The Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation on Thursday advanced a bill to the full Senate that would effectively end Kansas’ tax lid law but substitute another in its place. Senate Bill 294, which would take effect Jan. 1, 2021,…
KDOT accepting cost share applications for spring 2020
After a highly successful first round of the Kansas Department of Transportation’s Cost Share Program last fall, a second round of applications are now being accepted for spring 2020. Applications will be accepted from Feb. 3 through April 15. The…
OP Mayor Carl Gerlach talks U.S 69 expansion, public-private partnerships at 2020 State of the City
After 60 years of incorporation as a city, Mayor Carl Gerlach said Thursday that he credits Overland Park’s success to a history of intentional leadership. Hundreds gathered at the Overland Park Convention Center on yesterday afternoon to hear Gerlach deliver…
Another 13 Keeper statues will be added to city parks in celebration of Wichita’s 150th
A bunch of Keepers are about to join the parade that started in Wichita in 2015. Together Wichita, a nonprofit made up of businesses that organize and finance projects intended to better the city, will be dispersing 13 10-foot-tall Keepers on…
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