Sadness, disappointment and a message of hope marked the City Council’s abandonment this morning of a proposal to sell a vacant, city-owned building to The Lord’s Diner to feed the hungry in central-northeast Wichita.
The sadness came from council member Sue Schlapp: “I think we lost our focus someplace along here,” she said.
The state of Kansas wants you to talk trash.
Specifically, the Department of Health and Environment is seeking public opinions on what should be in the next statewide Solid Waste Management Plan, which will be enacted next year and guide waste disposal through 2015.
KDHE has plenty of ideas on waste disposal and the legislative authority to [...]
The city’s plan to sell the former Boys & Girls Club building on 21st Street to The Lord’s Diner for a satellite location to feed the needy is on hold for the moment, according to city council member Lavonta Williams, who represents the district.
In recent weeks, Williams met with neighborhood representatives to try to reach [...]
The Senate has begun debating a bill that would end executions in Kansas for cases sentenced after July 1, 2009
Sen. Carolyn McGinn, R-Sedgwick conceived Senate Bill 208 as a way to save money for cash-strapped Kansas. Opponents of the death penalty maintain that cases involving capital punishment cost the state more money than similar cases [...]
Following is the Republican response to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ State of the State speech.
Senate President Stephen Morris, R-Hugoton, delivered the response after Sebelius, a Democrat, finished speaking. The remarks are taken from a preview copy of the response.
City Hall got a little Bruce Willis on its Web site, proclaiming “Last Manager Standing” in a headline about the City Council selecting Robert Layton as its new city manager.
After reporters noticed the headline on Wednesday and asked a county staff member to print out a copy of the home page screen, the city changed [...]
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