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The Biggest Finance and Management Issues to Watch in 2024
Artificial intelligence has been around since the 1950s, but its sudden emergence as a consumer product and its potential to disrupt nearly every activity and industry has state lawmakers scrambling to address it. A dozen states have already enacted laws demanding…
Governor Kelly Announces Nearly $28M to Create 458 Child Care Slots, Construct New Community Multi-Purpose Facilities
Governor Laura Kelly and the Kansas Children’s Cabinet and Trust Fund today announced the creation of 458 new child care slots with the investment of nearly $28 million in Capital Projects Fund Accelerator (CPF Accelerator) awards to seven Kansas communities.…
Sedgwick County to create citizens advisory board for 911
Sedgwick County Commissioners have approved the creation of a citizens advisory board for Emergency Communications. 911 director Elora Forshee said the idea began with discussions in 2021 on how to engage the community on the services provided by emergency communications. There…
KDOT says groundwater affected Bel Aire street project
The Kansas Department of Transportation said groundwater levels caused pavement failure with a street project by the City of Bel Aire. KDOT released the results of an investigation into structural problems with an improvement project on Woodlawn, between 37th and 45th…
Boot Hill Solar Project to break ground in Ford County in 2025
Sunflower Electric Power Corporation announced this week the state’s largest commercial solar facility will come to Ford County next year, and with it, extra funds for the Dodge City USD 443 School District. The 150-megawatt Boot Hill Solar Project will consist…
Voters choose yes on USD 409 Bond election
The official voting results from last Friday’s special USD 409 Bond election have yielded results showing approval from the voters. The election was done by way of all mailed-out ballots with the deadline for those ballots to be returned to…
City Manager says Manhattan is in “triage mode” as crews work to quickly patch potholes
Manhattan Public Works crews continue to patch potholes across the city, following January’s frigid and wet conditions. City Engineer Brian Johnson says work is continuing on a stretch of Fort Riley Blvd. near Westwood Road, where traffic backed up for…
City of Lawrence launching new homeless solutions division; homeless programs coordinator to become director
The City of Lawrence is launching its new homeless solutions division, and Misty Bosch-Hastings, who has served as homeless programs coordinator for the city since summer, will serve as its director. Staff members of the HSD will “work with the Lawrence…
High cancer rates in Russell and Lincoln counties, K-State will test water, air
Researchers want to know why two counties in north-central Kansas have high cancer rates compared to the rest of the state. According to K-State Research and Extension, Russell County has the fourth highest cancer mortality rate per 100,000 population and colorectal…
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