The Wichita City Council appears primed to take another look at a new ordinance that allows people to openly carry guns in the city. The city is considering lobbying the 2013 Kansas Legislature to allow cities to place more restrictions than the state on open carry. Six of seven council members say they favor a …
A new company begins work this week on a high-capacity transmission line it says will create an energy “superhighway” between eastern and western Kansas and bolster the state’s wind energy potential. (Read more at Dodge City Daily Globe News RSS)
On the heels of the stinging loss of Perceptive Software, Shawnee officials are wielding a new economic development tool to prevent another company from looking elsewhere for headquarters expansion. Mayor Jeff Meyers acknowledged the city has dangled a new forgivable loan program to entice Bayer HealthCare LLC, Animal Health Division to expand its North American …
Attorneys for inmates who say they were sexually assaulted by a Sedgwick County deputy while in jail are seeking $20 million from the county. The amount is included in two notices of claims filed with the county commissioners by attorneys Kurt Kerns and Mark Schoenhofer. The county provided copies of the claims through a request filed …
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s long-awaited report on the municipal market asks Congress to give it authority to set disclosure standards for muni issuers and to provide the tools to enforce those standards. … The 150-page SEC report also asking for Congress to provide it with “a mechanism” to enforce issuers’ compliance with their continuing …
As oil and gas development moves into more populated areas, many municipalities are trying to exert control over where drilling takes place. State regulators and energy companies aren’t happy. (Read more at Pew News & Resources)
An advance voter in Harvey County voted a wrong ballot last week because of a mistake by a poll worker, county election officials said Monday. But the voter, whose name wasn’t released, was tracked down by election officials and given a correct ballot to vote, Harvey County Clerk Joyce Truskett said. The voter received a …
The Kansas Court of Appeals has agreed that Sedgwick County used the wrong statute when it vacated a portion of 71st Street South so Cook Airfield could extend its runway. Commissioners voted 3-2 to vacate 71st between 127th and 143rd Streets East in 2010. The city of Derby and a group of homeowners promptly sued …
Saline County commissioners were shocked Monday when District Judge Jerome Hellmer rejected their lawsuit seeking $148,842.50 from the city of Salina for upgrades to roads leading to the Salina Landfill. Hellmer threw out the suit filed last year see … (Read more at Salina Journal RSS)
Teachers in the Sumner County and Mulvane school districts can apply to receive $500 reward cards to purchase supplies for their classrooms. (Read more at KAKE – HomePage – Headlines)
Shawnee County will buy 45,000 recycling bins as part of its plans to put a curbside recycling program in place beginning early next year. Commissioners Ted Ensley, Mary Thomas and Shelly Buhler voted 3-0 Tuesday to purchase the 95-gallon bins for $2,094,300 — or $46.54 each — from Rehrig Pacific Co., which operates a manufacturing …
Per a City of Lawrence news release: The City of Lawrence has funds available for weatherizing homes throughout Lawrence. Eligible improvements include attic insulation, storm windows and entry door weather-stripping. In an effort to prepare Lawrence residents for cold weather, the Community Development Division of the Planning and Development Department will administer grant money provided …
Douglas County will become the first county in the state to create its own system aimed at streamlining the process residents must go through to receive a photo ID needed to meet a new statewide voter identification law. Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew said his office will start issuing photo voter ID cards on Monday …
One of the counties served by a sustainable communities planning grant recently declined to be a partner in the effort, expressing concerns about federal intrusion in local government. Sumner County commissioners this month voted not to join the grant’s consortium leadership team, a victory for opponents of the federal grant who liken it to the …
As Eudora Police Chief Grady Walker sits in his department’s conference room next to Fire Chief Chris Moore and City Administrator John Harrenstein, he’s talking about how cramped both agencies are in the current 8,000-square-foot building. Then, suddenly, he points to an out-of-whack door frame in the corner. “A prime example,” Walker said. Some time …