December 2, 2024

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Tag: Wichita

TIF Districts not working as intended, audit finds

In a recently released report, the Kansas Department of Legislative Post Audit found that an economic development tool popular with…

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EPC Group demands $11 million more taxpayer money for its project by Wichita baseball stadium

Wichita city leaders are considering a(nother) sweetheart deal that would transfer even more taxpayer money to EPC Real Estate Group…

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KSBRC workshops in June to cover creation of a school budget

The next round of training workshops for school board members sponsored by the Kansas School Board Resource Center, a subsidiary…

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Wichita private school, one of 8 finalists for Yass Prize, awarded $500,000

A private school in Wichita, Kansas, which primarily serves African American students, was recently awarded $500,000 as one of the…

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Candidate invitation to speak at Derby school may be election law violation

A Derby High School instructor potentially ran afoul of state election law last week when she invited the Democrat challenger…

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Goddard, Wichita, and Blue Valley address learning loss

In the wake of the release of an online calculator by Georgetown University that estimates the number of weeks of…

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Eagle: Wichita park privatization largely a giveaway to developers

Privatizing Wichita’s parks system has largely resulted in giveaways to developers and other private interests rather than Wichita’s residents, according…

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KS districts (mostly) ignore school safety questions in wake of Uvalde report

In the wake of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the Texas Legislature issued a damning report which…

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Study: Masks get failing grade in keeping kids in school

A study of the nation’s 500 largest school districts indicates that masking children in school had the opposite effect that…

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KU ducks questions about CRT in education curriculum

As the furor over the teaching of controversial subjects such as critical race theory swings elections in other states, a…

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Schools won’t talk about getting 135,000 students to grade level

There were about 135,000 students reading and writing below grade level in Kansas in 2019, with about 17,000 of them…

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Survey: public school satisfaction lower than expected

Satisfaction with public schools in some of the state’s largest districts was lower than might be expected pre-COVID, and their…

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Mayor Whipple dodges questions about Wichita mask mandate

In October, Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple said the city’s mask mandate should remain in effect until the 14-day rolling average…

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Wichita, Sedgwick County differ on employee pay increases

Pay increases given in 2020 to employees of the City of Wichita and Sedgwick County reflect a very different approach…

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Wichita gives approval for opioid lawsuit

The Wichita City council on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution to join a nationwide multi-district lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and…

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City slates private land for stadium parking

The City of Wichita is planning to develop private land for parking and other use that is not currently owned…

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Churn and Burn: Incentives and the Wichita Economy

At a recent Wichita City Council meeting members grappled with what to with the WaterWalk development. The old Gander Mountain…

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Effectiveness of incentives called into question

Incentives, also called taxpayer-funded subsidies, are ubiquitous in state and local government economic development efforts. The majority of incentives given…

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Wichita Chamber official refutes LinkedIn migration report

According to analysis by one social media site, Wichita is losing employees to out-migration faster than other U.S cities. LinkedIn…

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With Release of Woman Convicted of Wichita Shooting, Left Meets “Terrorist” It Cannot Embrace

“Though I am loath to call anyone a terrorist, you are a terrorist,” U.S. District Judge James Redden told Rachelle “Shelley” Shannon…

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Sour Political Wrangling Pickles Amendment to Lower Food Sales Tax Rate

A bill that would have lowered the sales tax on groceries is dead due to political wrangling, according to Rep.…

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Huh? Manhattan Named “Most Boring” City in Kansas, 2nd “Most Livable” City in America

It has been a roller coaster of a month for those Manhattan town boosters who take seriously national publications that…

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Wichita ‘Swatting’ Prank Leads to Fatal Police Shooting

Among the most diabolical of pranks, a “swatting” incident led to the shooting death by Wichita police of an innocent…

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Wichita Council Serves Subsidies to Cargill

Cargill is walking away from the negotiating table with more than $20 million in subsidies courtesy of the Wichita City…

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