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<div style="color: #333;">‘More than a building’: New Hutchinson childcare center highlights efforts to end shortage</div>
The Kansas State Department of Education says there is a real lack of early childhood options across the state, rural and urban. But a new facility opening in Hutchinson aims to fix that and could play into a larger trend.…
<div style="color: #333;">Wichita City Council approves installation of Safe Haven Baby Box at fire station</div>
The Wichita City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to install a Safe Haven Baby Box at Fire Station 9 near Kellogg and Edgemoor. The box will be like the one added in Garden City last year. It would allow a parent…
<div style="color: #333;">19 years later, Greensburg reflects on its triumphant rebuild</div>
Monday marked 19 years since the first recorded EF5 tornado hit Greensburg, destroying 95% of the town. The “EF” stands for Enhanced Fujita, which replaced the original Fujita scale in 2007. The last F5 tornado to hit the U.S. was…
<div style="color: #333;">El Dorado voters will consider 1% sales tax to support local hospital</div>
The El Dorado City Commission is giving voters the chance to decide the fate of a 1% sales tax. The commission voted 5-0 on Monday to put the question on the August ballot. If approved, the tax would help support…
<div style="color: #333;">Pratt considers sales tax raise for property tax relief</div>
Kansas politicians are grappling with how to lower property taxes. Pratt thinks it has a solution, trading one tax for another. The city commission is considering putting a sales tax question in front of voters in an August special election.…
<div style="color: #333;">Major data breach impacts schools across US</div>
Students and staff of schools across the U.S. are reeling after learning that a well-known hacking group breached private information in the database of Instructure, which powers education technology systems like Canvas. The breach poses security risk to dozens of…
<div style="color: #333;">Wamego community fights proposed Beltline Energy data center</div>
A proposed data center in Pottawatomie County drew a large crowd of residents during an open house hosted by Georgia-based Beltline Energy in Wamego on Wednesday, May 6. The company is exploring plans for a data center project in the…
<div style="color: #333;">City takes step toward initiating zoning regulations for data centers, BESS</div>
The Hutchinson City Council approved temporary test amendments for data center and battery energy storage system (BESS) zoning. Additionally, they would begin the process of introducing permanent text amendments for data centers and BESS. The vote was unanimous. Under these…
<div style="color: #333;">Haven to hold sales tax election</div>
The Haven City Council voted four to one in favor of holding a sales tax election on Aug. 4. Council Member Nicole Sander was the only dissenting vote. The ballot measure would be a 1% sales tax, without a sundown…
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