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Overland Park exploring sales tax increase to limit chip seal use
Following years of resident complaints about its chip seal method for road repairs, Overland Park is exploring a possible solution: a sales tax increase. Residents have voiced long-standing concerns about chip seal, arguing that the finely crushed rock used as…
Wind farms are transforming the Kansas landscape. Here’s an effort to tone down their lights
Wind farms continue to spread across Kansas — but with new features that will tone down the way they interrupt wide open skies with red, blinking lights visible for miles and resented by many rural residents. This year, Kansas will…
Did Wichita settle with its newest $400M riverfront plan for Century II?
Wichitans got their first look Tuesday at a new plan to reimagine Wichita's downtown riverfront, including what to do with Century II, Bob Brown Expo Hall and the former central library. The new plan, though, has begged the age-old question in…
Municipal Bond Trends for March 1, 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…
Who let the dogs in? Kansas breweries and health officials clash over indoors pet ban
From 2019 to 2022, Transport Brewery was a dog lover’s paradise, with dogs allowed in the taprooms and patios, pet adoption events and even a dog picture calendar. Then came the Kansas Department of Agriculture inspector, who informed the Shawnee…
2-year Treasury yield reaches highs not seen in more than a decade
U.S. Treasurys climbed on Thursday as investors considered the prospect of further interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve and awaited fresh economic data. At 5:46 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury was up by 2.6 basis…
A year later, the Fed still has a long way to go in the fight against inflation
It was a year ago this month that the Federal Reserve launched its first attack against inflation that had been percolating in the U.S. economy for at least the previous year. That first strike, in retrospect, would seem timid: Just…
Fed’s Bostic urges 5% to 5.25% rates into 2024 to curb inflation
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic called for continued interest-rate hikes to above 5% ensure that inflation returns to the central bank's target and doesn't reaccelerate in a pattern similar to the 1970s. "I think we will need…
Arbor Day Foundation Names City of Phillpsburg- Tree City USA
Phillipsburg, KS was named a 2022Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation in honor of its commitment to effective urban forest management. The Tree City USA program is sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation in partnership with the U.S.…
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