For a couple decades the western Kansas city of Garden City has had the tagline “Just Plains Success”. That may soon be replaced if a Manhattan-based consulting firm succeeds in coming up with a new motto. The Garden City Telegram reports on the latest efforts of the community to spotlight the community’s diversity for the …
To encourage growth and development in areas of the state where the population has been decreasing, the Kansas Legislature recently passed 2011 Sen. Bill 198 establishing the following counties as “rural opportunity zones” (“ROZs”): Barber, Chautauqua, Cheyenne, Clark, Cloud, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards, Elk, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Greenwood, Hamilton, Harper, Hodgeman, Jewell, Kearny, Kingman, Kiowa, Lane, …
KDOT (the Kansas Department of Transportation) recently unveiled its new T-WORKS website where users can track all T-WORKS projects and spending. T-WORKS is a 10-year, $8 billion transportation program designed to create jobs, preserve highway infrastructure, and provide multimodal economic development opportunities across the state. Visit the full T-WORKS website here.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos tells the shareholders of his company (which sells products online at www.amazon.com) that it will stand firm against collecting sales taxes. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Internet retailers do not have to collect a state’s sales tax unless they have a physical presence there – – such as a …
The Wall Street Journal is reporting on some states’ plans to consolidate local governments. With many citizens fearing their local city halls and related government offices closing, they are starting to react more vocally to such consolidation efforts. The article begins with a focus on Michigan: Michigan has 1,773 municipalities, 609 school districts, 1,071 fire …
Wichita is expected to consider building a new terminal at Mid-Continent Airport at the June 21 council meeting. Yesterday, the city emailed around a PDF packet with images, details and proposed timelines for the construction of the new terminal. The project has been talked about for several years and was put on hold last year …
Over the past several days, Governor Brownback and KDOT Secretary Deb Miller have been announcing T-WORKS Projects. Below are highlights of emails that Secretary Miller has sent out. Following that is a list of projects for various parts of the state. Kansas City Highlights: Big cheers for the K-7/I-70 Interchange project located just down the …