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Kansas secretary of state calls for changes in election offices
The top elections official in Kansas is pushing to make the state’s central voter registration database more secure by changing how counties tap into it. Some local officials are nervous about what they see as a big project in an…
KS law could get tougher against drivers using cell phones
Kansas lawmakers could add teeth to laws prohibiting cellphone use while driving. A bill introduced in Topeka last week would expand what could get you pulled over and how much you could pay. At Miller's Towing and Recovery in Wichita,…
Northeast Wichita residents ask city to help develop new grocery store
Residents of northeast Wichita and members of the NAACP Youth Council are asking the city to help in finding and developing a grocery store for their area. Northeast Wichita was identified as a “food desert” by a 2013 study and…
Artists chosen for project to celebrate Wichita’s 150th birthday
The community organization Together Wichita has chosen artists and teams that will be working to design and paint 13 Keeper of the Plains sculptures as part of a tribute to the city’s 150th birthday. The project is called Keeper 150,…
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…
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