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<div style="color: #333;">Audit reviews the fiscal effects of IRBs and accuracy of the initial cost-benefit analyses</div>
During 2010-2024, local governments issued about $18.3 billion in industrial revenue bonds and exempted about $1.1 billion in related property taxes, most of which likely would’ve gone to school districts and local governments in the state. Local governments are required…
Municipal Bond Trends for July 14, 2026
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…
Municipal Bond Trends for July 13, 2026
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…
Municipal Bond Trends for July 10, 2026
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…
<div style="color: #333;">Salina considers water bill relief for residents</div>
City staff began developing a possible framework to provide relief for those who have "verified water quality impacts" associated with the city's water system. Of the about 22,000 water customer accounts, the city said based on complaint history and staff's…
<div style="color: #333;">Topeka eyes landlord registry program</div>
A landlord registry presents itself in many forms across the state and country. However, the main intention is to keep a detailed list of rental properties and/or landlords within a community. Kansas communities that have landlord registries or a rental…
Municipal Bond Trends for July 9, 2026
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…
<div style="color: #333;">Lawrence City Commission to consider 1-year moratorium on data centers</div>
“The proposed ordinance provides time for staff to research Data Center uses and provide the City Commission with information so they may make a decision on altering the Land Development Code via a text amendment,” Jeff Crick, director of planning…
<div style="color: #333;">Kansas town goes penniless</div>
After the federal government stopped making pennies last November, at least one municipal government in Kansas stopped accepting them. The city of Liberal is rounding up all payments for cash transactions to the nearest nickel, it said on its website,…
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