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‘You’ve got to be kidding’: Wichita home value jumped 40% with massive power pole
The Sedgwick County appraiser is calling for some northeast Wichita homeowners to appeal their property valuations after the county failed to consider the giant metal power poles Evergy planted in their yards. The recommendation to appeal came after The Wichita…
Municipal Bond Trends for March 9, 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.
KU Hospital admits Kansas’ first confirmed case of COVID-19
The first confirmed case of coronavirus in Kansas has been admitted to a special treatment unit for emerging infectious disease at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kan., state and hospital officials said Monday. The Kansas Department of…
Labette County restricts wind testing towers
A Labette County committee studying wind energy took its first formal action related to wind farm development on Monday morning, recommending restrictions on meteorological evaluation towers in the county. Four members of the five-member committee — Sandy Krider, Lori Whitworth,…
Making Kansas stronger one small town at a time
After growing up on the land her ancestors homesteaded in 1874, and then leaving for more than a decade, Marci Penner does not want to move away from her native soil again. With a master’s degree and a career in…
Bond rates plummet amid virus, oil fears, Dow closure
The municipal market fell as much as 10 to 12 basis points at one point on Monday amid the COVID-19 crisis and its ricocheting effects on the global economy. But the municipal market is lagging the rest of the world…
Not in my lifetime: How the Treasury yield collapse surprised nearly everyone
Investors who thought U.S. Treasury yields could not get any lower received another shock Monday. A plunge in oil prices combined with worries about the spreading coronavirus combined to drive market participants into Treasuries, accelerating a years-long rally that has…
Oil fell nearly 25%, posts biggest 1-day loss since 1991 on fears of global price war
Oil futures plunged to a four-year low Monday, on track for the biggest one-day drop since 1991 as OPEC and Russia appear headed for an all-out price war — shaking a market already reeling from the demand shock created by…
The ‘Hamilton’ effect: How a Broadway play may influence debate over Wichita’s future
Inability to land “Hamilton” — the musical — has been cited for years as an example of why Wichita needs a new $187 million performing arts center to replace the blue-domed Century II building that has dominated Wichita’s skyline for…
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