Lawrence Transit launches overnight rides on demand

25 Monday, September 25

Lawrence Transit launches overnight rides on demand

info2023-09-25T11:29:24-05:00September 25th, 2023|

If you need a ride overnight, Lawrence Transit has launched a new, fare-free option to get a lift anywhere within city limits. Lawrence Transit On Demand service runs from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Friday and 8 p.m. to midnight on Saturday, according to a recent news release from the city. “You can expect to see the same friendly bus drivers in our smaller buses that are all ADA accessible and equipped with bike racks,” according to the release. The service will be fare-free for 2023, as are all fixed route buses and T Lift. It’s a shared ride [...]

25 Monday, September 25

Propane bid awarded with a coin flip

info2023-09-25T13:34:00-05:00September 25th, 2023|

After receiving two identical bids for propane, commissioners awarded the bid based on a coin flip last week. Landfill Director Rhonda Carroll presented commissioners with three propane bids for 4,000 gallons. Propane Central $1.499 a gallon while Sapp Bros. and Hoover’s both bid $1.29 a gallon. Source: www.ccenterdispatch.com

25 Monday, September 25

Mahaska water tower is crumbling

info2023-09-25T13:34:34-05:00September 25th, 2023|

The replacement of Mahaska’s water tower is urgent because chunks of concrete are falling off the tower, two city council members told the Board of County Commissioners on Monday. Cal Livingston and Wiley Kerr met with the commissioners to ask if any county money or ARPA funds were available to help with a portion of the city’s water tower replacement. Source: Backroads News

25 Monday, September 25

Municipal Bond Trends for September 22, 2023

Henry Schmidt2023-09-25T08:10:30-05:00September 25th, 2023|

The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of MBIS "investment grade" yields. Every issuer's credit is different, and other financing sources may be available. To obtain comprehensive Financial Advisory services for your local government, contact your Ranson Financial Municipal Advisor, Larry Kleeman, or Henry Schmidt.

22 Friday, September 22

AG Opinion 2023-08: RNR Notice Requirements

info2023-09-22T13:41:08-05:00September 22nd, 2023|

K.S.A. 79-2988(b)(2)’s use of “shall” is mandatory. As a result, a governing body of a taxing subdivision may not levy a tax rate in excess of the revenue neutral rate where the county clerk fails to timely send out the required notice to the taxpayers pursuant to K.S.A. 79-2988(b)(2). Source: KS AG Opinion No. 2023-08

22 Friday, September 22

Lenexa Animal control officer educates public and advocates for animal welfare

info2023-09-22T13:32:56-05:00September 22nd, 2023|

From picking up roadkill on a hot summer day to chasing a loose cow back into a pasture and removing bats from inside a home, the sights for Lenexa Police Department Animal Control Officer Noah Jaksetic are ever changing. “It was kind of a long journey to find my niche, but I did it,” he said. Having pets didn’t necessarily come naturally for Noah. “I got an American-Eskimo poodle named Sammy for my 11th birthday,” he said. “That was the first pet I had growing up.” But he did work on a ranch when he was younger that exposed him to [...]

22 Friday, September 22

Two key Fed officials express support for keeping interest rates high

info2023-09-22T13:32:14-05:00September 22nd, 2023|

Boston Federal Reserve President Susan Collins expressed support Friday for keeping interest rates elevated as the battle against too-high inflation continues. In remarks to a banking group in Maine, the central bank official said there's still the possibility that the Fed will have to raise rates further if economic data doesn't cooperate. "I expect rates may have to stay higher, and for longer, than previous projections had suggested, and further tightening is certainly not off the table," Collins said in prepared remarks. "Policymakers will stay the course to achieve the Fed's mandate." The commentary comes two days after the rate-setting Federal [...]

22 Friday, September 22

Savonburg residents talk tenuous future

info2023-09-22T13:31:51-05:00September 22nd, 2023|

Color David Janssen a realistic optimist. The Savonburg City Councilman was asked to peer into a crystal ball and eye the community’s future, say five or 10 years down the road. On one hand, the future of small towns like Savonburg is bleak, Janssen admitted. With an aging population, fewer and fewer quality homes to entice out-of-towners and an infrastructure that has well outlived its realistic life span, it’s easy to see why rural populations continue to decline, he said. To wit, Savonburg’s population at the 2010 census was over 100. As of 2022, that number had dropped to 75. “If [...]

22 Friday, September 22

Municipal Bond Trends for September 21, 2023

Henry Schmidt2023-09-22T09:05:26-05:00September 22nd, 2023|

The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of MBIS "investment grade" yields. Every issuer's credit is different, and other financing sources may be available. To obtain comprehensive Financial Advisory services for your local government, contact your Ranson Financial Municipal Advisor, Larry Kleeman, or Henry Schmidt.

22 Friday, September 22

Fed declines to hike, but points to rates staying higher for longer

info2023-09-22T07:56:38-05:00September 22nd, 2023|

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady in a decision released Wednesday, while also indicating it still expects one more hike before the end of the year and fewer cuts than previously indicated next year. That final increase, if realized, would do it for this cycle, according to projections the central bank released at the end of its two-day meeting. If the Fed goes ahead with the move, it would make a full dozen hikes since the policy tightening began in March 2022. Markets had fully priced in no move at this meeting, which kept the fed funds rate in a [...]