Parsons voters to decide fate of public safety sales tax increase

4 Friday, November 4

Parsons voters to decide fate of public safety sales tax increase

2022-11-04T01:39:55-05:00November 4th, 2022|

Next week Parsons voters will decide the fate of a public safety sales tax. Parsons voters will be asked to increase the current half-cent sales tax to a one-penny sales tax that would go into effect on January 1st, 2024. This will provide money for both the Parsons Police Department and the Fire Department for things like ensuring competitive wages to retain staff, modernizing and replacing old equipment, as well as house fire and police together in a new modern facility. "The sales tax, again it is critical for police and fire this year that an increase will help us to [...]

4 Friday, November 4

Osage City has new highway: K-31 opens after monthslong closure

2022-11-04T06:58:36-05:00November 4th, 2022|

Kansas Department of Transportation announced yesterday through social media that state Highway 31, between Osage City and U.S. Highway 75, has been reopened, as of Nov. 2, 2022. KDOT reports work will continue along the sides of the highway, with the project expected to be completed in January. Source: Osage County Online

4 Friday, November 4

Parsons Police to participate in No Shave November, preparing for Shop with a Cop event

2022-11-04T06:59:04-05:00November 4th, 2022|

In past years, No Shave November was observed by members of the Parsons Police Department. With the COVID-19 pandemic and mask mandates for officers, that tradition was halted. This year, officers can choose to participate in this tradition. Officers and staff members allowed to participate in this year’s No Shave November event will contribute to the department’s Shop with a Cop program, which helps support underprivileged children in the community. Working in conjunction with the Duke Mason Band and other community members and organizations, the department, with the help of Labette County Sheriff’s Office, Kansas Highway Patrol, Parsons Fire Department and [...]

4 Friday, November 4

John Brown’s Underground is proposing a change to Lawrence city codes on downtown liquor sales. The bar’s survival depends on it

2022-11-04T01:12:52-05:00November 4th, 2022|

John Brown’s Underground, a speakeasy-inspired craft cocktail lounge in downtown Lawrence, has made a creative addition to the local bar scene since it opened in 2014. But a city code that was designed to limit liquor sales downtown is now threatening the business’s future. This rule requires establishments with liquor licenses to derive no more than 45% of their sales from liquor. Passed in 1994, the rule allowed exemptions for 29 existing locations, including Louise’s and Harbour Lights. The code still exempts new bars that open in the same buildings as any of those original 29. Source: The Lawrence Times

4 Friday, November 4

Kansas might let homes take more toddlers amid child care shortage. Critics worry about safety

2022-11-04T01:10:58-05:00November 4th, 2022|

Corinne Carr has about a half dozen seven parents the waiting list to enroll their children in her home day care business. Changes pending with state regulators would let her take in more children, but she’s not headed in that direction. “I don’t feel that it’s safe for the children,” she said. Currently, a child care operation with two workers can take in four children younger than 18 months. Now the state is looking at loosening the rules so that family child care providers with just one worker could look after up to four toddlers, or children under 12 months old, [...]

4 Friday, November 4

Planners begin to outline Chanute’s 150th celebration

2022-11-04T07:00:21-05:00November 4th, 2022|

Planners for Chanute’s 150th anniversary celebration will meet next Thursday to begin their work. Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce & Office of Tourism Director Jane Brophy told members of the Tourism Committee at Wednesday’s meeting that the 150th anniversary committee will meet at 5:15 pm Thursday, Nov. 10, at the office of Main Street Chanute, which is partnering with the Chamber to take the lead on the anniversary celebration. Brophy shared the results of a survey of proposed events, which the committee will review, she said. It will also set a year-long timeline for events, and plans to be on the [...]

3 Thursday, November 3

Municipal Bond Trends for November 2, 2022

2022-11-03T09:12:56-05:00November 3rd, 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.

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Reno County puts liquor by drink without food sales on 2023 ballot

2022-11-03T08:51:20-05:00November 3rd, 2022|

The next round is on the voters. The Reno County Commission on Tuesday agreed to put a question on the ballot this time next year asking voters whether to allow businesses to serve alcohol by the drink without a minimum food sales requirement. The issue was raised in September when Hutchinson microbrewery owner Pippin Williamson ran into trouble with state regulators who threatened not to renew his license because he’d not met the state requirement that 30% of gross sales come from food. The community rallied around Williamson and Sandhills Brewery during a week of nightly events, and he raised more [...]

3 Thursday, November 3

Garden City discusses childcare crisis

2022-11-03T08:44:34-05:00November 3rd, 2022|

The local childcare shortage was discussed at the Garden City Commission’s regular meeting Tuesday. Community member Brock Kendrick voiced his concern on the shortage of daycare within Garden City, especially among the temporary closure of the Community Day Care Center this week. While temporarily closed, Kendrick said the center is battling through “its last title wave before it’s set to sink”. The Community Day Care Centers Board held an emergency meeting on Oct. 28, choosing to close for a week with the possibility of closing within three to five months if no help is given. The day care has been struggling [...]

3 Thursday, November 3

Fed rate hikes could go even further than expected as Powell commits to stomp out inflation

2022-11-03T11:13:32-05:00November 3rd, 2022|

Going into this week’s meeting, markets were hoping for a sign that the Fed, after a fourth straight 0.75-percentage-point rate increase, might soon pivot to a slower tightening pace, and perhaps an outright pause. The Fed statement released at 2 p.m. Wednesday suggested it would: “In determining the pace of future increases…the [Fed] will take into account the cumulative tightening of monetary policy [and] the lags with which monetary policy affects economic activity and inflation.” The resulting jump in stock prices and the fall in bond yields was short lived. Soon after Mr. Powell started his press conference at 2:30 p.m., [...]

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