There is a bill awaiting a vote by the Kansas House that has some local leaders concerned - as it could eliminate some local revenues. Senators voted in February eliminate the food sales tax – including locally levied sales taxes – during a Senate debate.
Work will begin in early April on a new facility for New Hope Shelter, a homeless shelter that has served the area for nearly two decades. “We are going to be able to get into a permanent home for the New Hope Shelter for the first time in 18 years,” said Brian Bisbee, director of the shelter.
Bring up wildfires and the mind likely thinks of the hot, dry post-harvest days of July and August. But the threat of grass and wildfires in March is very, very real.
TOPEKA — Rancher Lisa Moser can see from her porch the blinking aviation warning lights atop turbines on three wind farms ranging from four to 30 miles away. Hundreds of red lights pulsing dusk to dawn according to rhythms created by each of the wind farms — all constructed since 2016 — transformed the landscape where her family has raised livestock for decades.
Let’s have a steak dinner at the beautiful Savoy at 21c restaurant in downtown Kansas City. Where did this Black Angus beef come from? It was brought here directly from a farm in the Flint Hills of rural Kansas.
Kansas lawmakers appear on path to grant themselves their first base pay hike in decades. The Kansas House on Thursday approved a bill that would create an independent bipartisan commission to study and set wage rates for lawmakers.
On a day without school, what to do with school age children can be a question. Enter “Clubhouse” at the Newton Recreation Commission - what was once Latchkey in Newton.
Tonya Cross Hansel [Courtesy photo] Tonya Cross Hansel is interested in how populations are affected by trauma – whether medical, technological or climate-induced – and how social workers can help people recover. Hansel will give the third Ada Schmidt-Tieszen Social Work Lecture at Bethel College March 20 at 11 a.m.
Walk & Roll Harvey will meet at 9 a.m. March 20 at the Harvey County Health Department, 215 S.
Recently more than 400 Jobs for America’s Graduates-Kansas students from across the state visited the Kansas Capitol building, meeting with legislators and learning about state government. Last week, Tristan Gormley, a sophomore from Newton High School served as a page for Sen.