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State grant funds new homes in Greensburg
Greensburg was recently one of 13 Kansas communities awarded $2.3 million for rural housing development from the Kansas Moderate Income Housing program, a supplement to Kansas Housing funding from the state. The grant money will help develop affordable housing for…
Kansas DMV Services Aim To Drive Down Office Wait Time
The Kansas Division of Vehicles added two new options to reduce wait times and long lines at driver’s license offices across the state. The agency launched a scheduling platform so people can make appointments instead of showing up at a…
150,000 Kansans Who Drink From Private Wells Are Largely Blind To Contamination
About 150,000 people in Kansas get their drinking water from private wells. How clean, and safe, is that water? Short answer: It depends. But new research suggests those wells deliver water tainted with a range of pollutants. Some leaked from…
Parsons hears info on Medicaid
The expansion of Medicaid in Kansas could result in $1.8 billion in increased economic output. That was the message that Jim Zaleski, city of Parsons economic development director, brought back from a luncheon in Topeka sponsored by the Alliance for…
Wichita Art Museum begins $700K update of its lobby, entrance and other gathering spaces
Several spaces inside the Wichita Art Museum will soon have a whole new look. The museum has started transforming several of its major gathering spaces with a $700,000 remodel project that includes includes upgrades to the main entry and lobby,…
Finney County hires interim administrator
On Monday, the Board of County Commissioners approved Robert Reece to step in as interim County Administrator until the search committee finds a permanent replacement for the position. Monday, February 17, 2020 will be Mr. Reece’s first day in the…
Moody’s says 737 MAX layoffs threatens talent migration from Wichita
Moody’s Investors Services says the fallout from the 737 MAX layoffs in Wichita threatens to zap the region of vital talent in an already-tight local labor market and have other, broader impacts on the local economy. In a research note…
Why Kelly wants to extend Kansas pension obligations and pay down other debt
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly's $7.8 billion budget calls for an extension of pension obligations while paying down other debt and boosting reserves. For the second consecutive year, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is seeking to refinance the state's pension debt, pushing…
Morrowville store served community for 70 years
For nearly 70 years people in the Morrowville community could run downtown to the grocery store to buy everything from fresh cut meat to dry goods. Beer, fresh doughnuts, infant formula and home grocery delivery were available in later years.…
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