info2022-06-28T07:22:06-05:00June 28th, 2022|
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 and Beth Warren.
info2022-06-28T07:21:14-05:00June 28th, 2022|
Leawood is still working to clean up debris caused nearly three weeks after a tornado rolled through the city and on its path through Johnson County and other parts of the Kansas City metro.... According to Leawood Public Works director David Ley, who spoke to the city council last week, approximately 20 properties in northern Leawood between 92nd and 98th Street still have debris or trees that need to be removed. Source: Prairie Village Post
info2022-06-28T07:20:28-05:00June 28th, 2022|
Citywide cleanup efforts moved into Area 2 (north-central/purple/State Streets) on Friday, June 24 after City crews from the Street Division and Parks Division finished picking up tree and limb debris in Area 1 (southeast/tan/Ward District) on Thursday, June 23. The amount of tree and limb debris collected so far has been significant, leading to multiple days of work being needed in each region to transport all the material away. Crews will continue to collect in the north-central area early this week and only move into Area 3 (southwest/blue) once it is complete. Source: Manhattan - News Flash
info2022-06-28T07:19:10-05:00June 28th, 2022|
Garden City Community College has been awarded $1 million in federal funding for technology upgrades. The $1 million will fund IT equipment upgrades, staff and technology to put Zoom-enabled classrooms into each of the service area high schools in the GCCC service area while also addressing technology upgrades for GCCC to enhance distance education. "Since the pandemic, the importance and value of online education has been greatly realized," Dr. Ruda, GCCC President, said. Source: KSN-TV
info2022-06-28T07:18:29-05:00June 28th, 2022|
Johnson County Library will welcome Tricia Suellentrop as its new county librarian beginning July 1. The Library Board of Directors confirmed Suellentrop’s hiring at their June board meeting. Suellentrop will succeed Sean Casserley, who announced his retirement earlier this year after a decade at the helm of one of Kansas’ largest public library systems. Suellentrop brings a wealth of experience to the position, having served as the deputy county librarian since 2008. She acted as the interim county librarian for six months in 2012, during the national search for a new county librarian that resulted in Casserley’s hiring. With Johnson County [...]
info2022-06-28T07:09:30-05:00June 28th, 2022|
One factor aggravating volatility in munis this year: Asset managers’ increasing share of a $4 trillion market once dominated by buy-and-hold individual investors. The share of outstanding municipal bonds held by U.S. households fell to 40% in the first three months of the year from 46% in 2020, according to a Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board report scheduled for release Wednesday. The board, a self-regulatory body overseeing the muni market, analyzed Federal Reserve data and determined that the market is shifting from direct ownership of bonds to investment through funds. The true amount held outright by buy-and-hold retail investors through individual brokerage [...]
info2022-06-27T08:01:43-05:00June 27th, 2022|
Ken Johnson, President and CEO at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center, said there were "significant discussions" over several years encouraging the Clinic to recruit more primary care physicians. Recruiting doctors whose families want to live in Hutchinson has always been challenging. "There has been a significant shortage", said Johnson, who termed the need as "overwhelming." Johnson said the hospital remains focused on both "community and organizational needs" with local experience and outside studies showing the public could be better served with more primary care doctors. Millions of health care dollars are being "leaked" to outside providers in Wichita, Newton, Salina and elsewhere [...]
info2022-06-27T07:57:07-05:00June 27th, 2022|
When Bob Gayle moved away from Florence in 1978, he never thought he’d return. He came back 33 years later, to make things in his hometown better. Over the years he was away working as a diesel mechanic, returning to Florence made him sad. Ultimately, someone needed to make things better. That’s why he decided to return. “We’ve got a lot of history in this little burg, and if we don’t preserve the history, we’re not going to have it,” he said. Source: HILLSBORO Star-Journal
info2022-06-27T07:55:53-05:00June 27th, 2022|
Kenny Arbuckle had a plan for what he would do if a tornado was headed toward his home. He’d roll his wheelchair into the garage, where he had a chain connected to a pipe which was secured in cement. “I’ll just chain myself to that and ride it out,” he thought. His neighbors had other ideas. A group of Good Samaritans, including area businesses, joined forces to build a tornado shelter on Arbuckle’s property. Arbuckle is disabled because of a muscle wasting disease and spends all of his time in a wheelchair. The shelter was intended not only to make sure [...]
info2022-06-27T07:52:56-05:00June 27th, 2022|
Iola’s old Elm Street water tower hasn’t been used for years, aside from being home to a couple of antennas and an occasional gathering spot for turkey vultures. Max and Candice Grundy want to change that. The Iola artists — transplants from Utah, by way of Los Angeles — have proposed turning the old piece of city infrastructure into a one-of-a-kind tourist destination. The Grundys want to convert the tower into a high-rise Airbnb, complete with an observation deck to provide a 360-degree panoramic view of Iola and surrounding countryside. “There’s so much natural beauty here,” Max Grundy said. ‘The sky [...]
