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Developer suing Shawnee over rejected apartment plan takes plea to Kansas Supreme Court
On Dec. 10, the Kansas Supreme Court heard oral arguments from attorneys representing Austin Properties, a development company wanting to build the 29-acre Woodsonia West multi-family development off Kansas Highway 7, and the city of Shawnee, on whether it should…
Wichita to begin stronger enforcement of illegal camping law despite concerns from some
Some Wichita City Council members made a last-ditch effort Tuesday to prevent a revised ordinance for stronger enforcement against illegal camping from going into effect. The ordinance passed on its second reading along the same lines of its first vote.…
Municipal Bond Trends for January 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…
Kansas Attorney General Opinion 2024-8: Reclassifying cities based on a decrease in population
Synopsis: K.S.A. 15-101, K.S.A. 14-101, and K.S.A. 13-101 do not provide for reclassifying a city based on a decrease in population. But K.S.A. 14-901 does allow for a city of the second class to be reclassified as a city of…
Municipal Bond Trends for January 6, 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…
City of Wichita wants to add 80 miles of bike lanes. Here’s where
More than 80 miles of bikeways could be added to streets and shared-use paths in Wichita over the next 10 years, according to a draft of the city’s bike plan. Many of the paths will connect to existing bike lanes…
How did Wichita, Sedgwick County use federal ARPA funds? Here are some of the projects.
In 2021, the city of Wichita received $72.4 million and Sedgwick County received $100.2 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds. At the time, it was a lifeline for the local governments, allowing them to continue services and to…
They traded California for small-town Kansas then opened a restaurant people travel to try
Nearly six years ago, the Biggs family decided it was time to leave California – a move they’d been planning for awhile. All they knew when they left is that they wanted to end up in a small town. They…
Tenant rights educator included in $1.2M the City of Lawrence will spend on housing initiatives in 2025
The City of Lawrence is doling out $1.2 million from its sales tax coffers for affordable housing and housing-adjacent projects. New this year will be a community educator to help renters learn their rights. The city’s Affordable Housing Advisory Board…
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