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Topeka mayor, council to consider scheduling term limits vote
Topeka’s mayor and city council members on Tuesday will consider giving Topekans a November 2020 ballot question vote on whether to impose term limits on the mayor and council. A proposal that would make that move will be among items…
New signs to highlight bicycle routes
Hundreds of cyclists come through the southeast Kansas region every year, new signs will help guide cyclists who are taking the U.S. Bicycle Routes 76 and 66. On Thursday in Riverton, the Kansas Department of Transportation and other organizations unveiled…
Counties, including Neosho, take on the opioid industry
More than two dozen cities and counties across Kansas have sued the opioid industry, from a small town with a population of 150 near the Colorado border to the state’s most populous county at its opposite end. More may still…
Harvey County Sheriff’s Office looking for good reads
For those being held in the Harvey County Detention Center, recreational outlets are limited. Inmates are allowed minimal time to play games, watch TV and exercise — so reading has become a big hobby for those being detained. “They always…
Hays looks into nonprofit status of WaterPACK
Faced with one nagging enemy of its longtime effort to pipe water from Edwards County, the city of Hays is looking into the nonprofit status of the Water Protection Association of Central Kansas. Known as WaterPACK for short, the group…
If you could be mayor
Scott City Mayor Everett Green found himself fielding a variety of questions that ranged from his salary, to the most expensive project the city has had to undertake during his time on the city council. And he loved every minute…
Lawrence’s marijuana experiment and the questions it creates
Plain and simple, the mayor of Lawrence wants marijuana to be legal. In March, Lawrence city commissioners went about as far as they could go on that front. They lowered the fine for possessing 32 grams or less of marijuana…
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