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Shawnee paves way for consideration of tax incentives for proposed luxury housing development downtown
After hearing from multiple residents both for and against plans for Stag’s Spring, the Shawnee council last night took first steps to look into public financing incentives for the proposed luxury apartment complex project downtown. Several neighboring residents and business…
Fairway set to take up consideration of non-discrimination ordinance in November
Three months after the Fairway city council passed a non-discrimination resolution and the city council agreed to further explore a non-discrimination ordinance, the topic will be on the city council agenda in November, Mayor Melanie Hepperly said. Neighboring municipalities, such…
Winfield survey seeks public input on city plans
The City of Winfield will release a survey soon to gather input from residents on two new long-term plans for the community. Surveys about the Comprehensive Plan Update and the Master Plan for Parks, Trails and Recreation will be mailed…
Former resident eyes youth home to save town
Jim Turner, of Wichita, was back at the Mullinville City Council meeting recently to discuss a lease-option for part of a city-owned building. In months prior, Turner’s idea to turn the town’s former elementary school into a home for troubled…
7 projects, programs apply for funding from Lawrence’s new affordable housing sales tax
Affordable housing projects requesting money from the city include a mixed-income townhome community, apartments for seniors and the city’s first building project to utilize a new density bonus. Seven projects and programs recently submitted funding applications to the city’s Affordable…
Center for Adult Education improves lives for students; open house scheduled
All it takes is for people to make that first move toward changing their lives and Barton’s Center for Adult Education (CAE) will take care of the rest. The CAE will show people how to get started on the path…
Kansas voters could end unusual census adjustment for redistricting
Kansas could soon end an unusual policy of using its own numbers in addition to federal census data to redraw the boundaries of state legislative districts, a longstanding practice that has cost university communities political clout. Voters statewide will decide…
This Johnson County race is usually overlooked. So why is it now hotly contested?
It was the disasters in Flint and Newark — where low-income communities were poisoned by lead-contaminated drinking water —that inspired Olathe retiree Ullyses Wright to become a first-time candidate. “It seems to me that a public entity, serving the public,…
Riley County Fire District One needs volunteers
Over the past several years there has been a decline in volunteers for Riley County Fire District #1. Riley County Fire Chief Pat Collins said Monday was the first time in the history of the Fire District that he had…
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