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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,…
Municipal Bond Trends for February 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 Advisors.
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…
AG Derek Schmidt: City of Frontenac violated KORA with fee request
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt has notified the City of Frontenac that it violated the Kansas Open Records Act (KORA) when it requested a $3,500 fee in order to furnish copies of public records to a reporter. In October 2019,…
Kansas elections chief’s security plan causes local unease
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…
Mission seeks public input on Mohawk Park improvements
The city of Mission on Thursday evening held a public meeting to get feedback from residents on the upcoming improvement project at Mohawk Park, at 67th Street and Lamar Avenue. Confluence, a landscape architecture, planning and urban design firm in…
Skyline school wins grant to establish beehive colony
A new observation beehive will join the campus of Skyline Schools at Pratt to help the community of Skyline learn more about these important insects. Second-grade teacher Carrie Harrold and Ag instructor Anita DeWeese approached the USD 438 school board…
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