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Prairie Village to put license plate readers and traffic cameras at 25+ intersections
Most of Prairie Village’s busiest intersections will soon have both license plate readers and traffic cameras watching them, in a new initiative funded with federal dollars. The Prairie Village Police Department worked with Kansas’s two U.S. senators, Republicans Roger Marshall…
Municipal Bond Trends for March 8, 2023
The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of MBIS "investment grade" yields. Every issuer's credit is different. For rates that may be applicable to your municipality, contact our Municipal Bond Advisors, Larry Kleeman, Beth Warren and…
Officer receives medical treatment after dog bites
A Newton Police Officer was bitten twice attempting to remove a dog from another person’s yard. The incident happened in the 1200 Block of N. Madison around 1:35 p.m. Sunday, March 5. “There was a hole in the fence,” Powell…
Barton County eying novel sales tax plan
When District 2 Barton County Commissioner Barb Esfeld floated an “outside-the-box” idea on lowering county property taxes at a meeting in Topeka Tuesday, mouths were agape as it soaked in for those present. The suggestion, first proposed by Barton County…
Sedgwick County Commission approves agreement for semiconductor plant
Sedgwick County commissioners voted unanimously on Wednesday to approve an incentive agreement for a Kansas company that plans to build a new advanced semiconductor manufacturing facility. Integra Technologies recently announced plans to build a 1-million-square-foot plant near K-254 and Rock…
Kansas House agrees to raise legal smoking age to 21
The Kansas House passed legislation on March 2 to raise the legal age for tobacco products from 18 to 21. House Bill 2269 – which applies to the sale, purchase or possession of cigarette and tobacco products – would bring…
A zoning success story
Barton County commissioners Wednesday morning hailed the resolution of Larry and Sheree Marshall’s conditional use permit and zoning requests to operate an auto salvage-towing business west of Great Bend as one of the county’s proudest moments from last year. “It…
No deal: City of Lawrence, developers reach ‘mutual impasse’ on proposed site of Pallet Shelter Village
Plans for development of a site near 18th and Haskell for a temporary modular home village for people experiencing homelessness have come to a halt, a developer says. Tony Krsnich, one of the owners of the site at 800 Lynn…
A Kansas bill hopes to weed out bad cops by sharing job applications
Kansas police departments could soon have another tool to keep unqualified candidates away from law enforcement. A proposed bill would require agencies to share information used on a job application and, more importantly, share information on why a candidate was…
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