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Commerce Awards $362,000 in E-HEAL Funding for Rural Downtown Buildings
The Emergency Historic Asset Lifeline (E-HEAL) funds will support five downtown revitalization projects for buildings facing likely demolition or collapse. The E-HEAL projects include: Burlington: $37,000 – Restoration of the Flint Hills Plaza Theatre, once a popular local movie theater.…
Golf Carts Have Taken Over Suburbia. Cue the Resistance.
The slow-moving vehicles are becoming street legal in one community after another, but the boom has come with a backlash. Read more: Wall Street Journal
Municipal Bond Trends for August 8, 2025
The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of AA rated bond trades reported to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s EMMA® system. Every issuer's credit is different, and other financing sources may be available. To obtain comprehensive…
Initiative helps reduce violent crime in Topeka
Efforts by the Police and Community Together initiative, which consisted of 10 officers from across all bureaus and specialties of the police department, contributed to a 10% reduction in violent crime from the same time period the previous year. PACT…
Saline County sheriff’s deputy sued for use of taser
Plaintiff alleges deputy tased her after she refused to exit a patrol vehicle, resulting in injuries. The lawsuit claims head trauma, nerve pain, and PTSD following the incident. Source: Salina Journal
Municipal Bond Trends for August 7, 2025
The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of AA rated bond trades reported to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s EMMA® system. Every issuer's credit is different, and other financing sources may be available. To obtain comprehensive…
Governor Directs Flags be Flown at Half-Staff in Honor of Wyandotte County Deputy Elijah Ming
Governor Laura Kelly on Friday directed flags be flown at half-staff on all state buildings, grounds, and facilities from sunup to sundown on August 11, 2025, in honor of Wyandotte County Deputy Elijah Ming who was killed in the line…
Topeka Police Department acquires new robot dog
“Pepe” the robot dog is used in situations where officers would need to get more information and insight into a dangerous area, without putting an officer or a living K9 in danger. The robot dog has cameras, a microphone, and sensors to…
Less than a year from World Cup, Lawrence officials prepare for impacts on housing, safety, transit
In preparation, local agencies formed a unified command, similar to what was used during the response to COVID-19. The unified command includes the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, eXplore Lawrence, the University of Kansas and other organizations throughout Douglas County.…
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