The city of Wichita is proposing a half mill reduction in the mill levy, but at the rate appraisals keep going up, only 1% of homeowners would see relief. From @byChanceSwaim https://t.co/QVMX9y4XKD
A $450 million Wichita school bond initiative appears to have failed by a wafer-thin margin, with “No” votes holding a nearly 300-vote lead. w/@byChanceSwaim@kansasdotcom
https://t.co/K44FbEWE74
Kansas officials react to Wichita flight crash in DC. A commercial flight carrying 60 passengers and 4 crew members collided with a military Black Hawk helicopter.
https://t.co/pe549c5YGP
Video of the heated exchange between Rep. Ford Carr and council member Brandon Johnson shows another lawmaker, Rep. Henry Helgerson of Eastborough, trying to intervene and being shoved to the floor by Carr. Story w/ @Matt_Kelly22222@byChanceSwaim
https://t.co/yr5VPh33IR
In an ethics complaint, the Wichita Firefighters' Union accused Wichita Mayor Lily Wu of ordering the fire chief to lay off 45 firefighters, a charge she denies. https://t.co/Y2gp8zsPnz
The #SHJAwards winner for Distinguished Service to the First Amendment, honoring Edward Willis Scripps, goes to @KCStar and @kansasdotcom for their investigation, "Marion Record Raid."
Read more about their reporting: https://t.co/qzPnFlOUx5
🌻 Kansas Dept. of Commerce hired a financial felon to run its BASE grant program.
🦬 It then failed to resolve a conflict of interest that gave him a $400K grant through a small-town community foundation he founded. #ksleg
👇by me & @jonshorman
https://t.co/SZNlTuWvGo
NEW: A deceased ex-official at the Kansas Department of Commerce suspected of embezzling funds was overseeing a $425k grant for the agency at the same time he was helping lead the group that received it, records show
@byChanceSwaim & me #ksleg
https://t.co/wK2xTM3Hy4
Our in-depth story on the missed conflict of interest that in 2022 let a then-official at the Kansas Department of Commerce oversee a $425k grant for a group where he was secretary-treasurer. From @byChanceSwaim and me
https://t.co/wK2xTM3Hy4
NEW: Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday that an outside investigation is reviewing the awarding of federal pandemic aid after a now-dead former official at the state Department of Commerce alleged he helped manipulate the process.
w/ @byChanceSwaim
https://t.co/PCXMqMtewi
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said the state's BASE grant program is under investigation after allegations the awards were manipulated at the direction of the commerce secretary in coordination with the house speaker and senate president.
w/@jonshorman
https://t.co/71E1tJgYxw