After a lengthy, emotional and wide-ranging debate, City Council members put off their decision about supporting the proposed Bowllagio development at Maize and Kellogg for one week ... The indecision followed presentations by Food Network chef Aaron Sanchez, who has proposed a unique Mexican restaurant at Bowllagio, and representative with Nylo Hotels, which would add a 125- room boutique hotel to the site ... Several council members said they’d love to have Bowllagio in Wichita, but that
TOPEKA – Tom Holland, the Democratic contender for governor, will announce his running mate Wednesday in a state tour starting in Overland Park ... Holland, a state senator from Baldwin City, will face the winner of the August Republican primary in November ... Republicans U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback and state Sen. Jeff Colyer, R-Overland Park, are facing off against Joan Heffington of Derby and her running mate Mark Holick of Wichita ...
TOPEKA – Calling for the state’s top election official to take on more of prosecutorial roll Tuesday, Republican Kris Kobach filed to run for Secretary of State ... “Some people in the past have seen the Secretary of State as an elected bureaucrat as someone who oversees the keeping and filing of records but basically keeps a hand on the tiller and keeps the boat moving the same direction without any changes,” he said. “I would change things substantially and I would go from a
MyersRep. Don Myers announced today that he is retiring from the state Legislature after 18 years in office ... Myers, R-Derby, could not immediately be reached for comment, but issued a statement saying he will retire at the end of this year when his current term expires ... “The 18 years that I have served have been very rewarding and will be remembered as a highlight in my life,” Myers said in the statement. “The support that has been available from my wife and family is the reason for
Could there really be a life without Click and Clack, Big Bird and Garrison Keillor? ... Possibly ... This past weekend, the state Legislature passed a budget that moved more than $900,000 out of the Public Broadcasting Operating Grants — a cut that is more than half the $1.6 million in grant money Kansas public broadcasting stations were expecting to receive ...
TOPEKA — Kansans could pay $15 more if they violate traffic laws under a bill approved Thursday by the state House ... Senate Substitute for House Bill No. 2226 would bump up fines for dozens of infractions ranging from moving violations such as speeding and improper turns, to equipment violations such as defective mufflers and unauthorized lights on church buses ... About two-thirds of the money would go to the state general fund. The remaining money would be divided between corrections and