Auditors flag STAR bond program underperforms tourism goals
Kansas Legislative auditors report the STAR bond program funded 16 attractions from Garden City to Dodge City met tourism goals at only three sites. Only Hutchinson mine museum hit both 2019 metrics for out-of-state and long-distance visitors, while venues like Kansas Speedway and Topeka Heartland Park drew limited outside visitors. Senate Democrat Ethan Carson cautioned that the goals may be unattainable.
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Prairie Village
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KU press work helps create Emmett Till exhibit at Smithsonian
KU researcher Dave Tell and Rev. Wheeler Parker discuss Emmett Till's 1955 kidnapping as the Smithsonian opens a new display in Flag Hall. The exhibit, running through Oct. 5, centers on community efforts to memorialize Till and his impact on civil rights, not the crime itself.
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Former U S House candidate enters Kansas state treasurer race
Sara Hart Weir, former National Down Syndrome Society president and 2019 congressional candidate, announces a campaign for Kansas state treasurer. She joins Caryn Tyson, Steven Johnson, and Michael Austin in the Republican primary slated for August 2022. Weir highlights bipartisan tax-advantaged savings accounts for the disabled.
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Kansas
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Weir
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Parker
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Assaria
Michael Austin
Sam Brownback
Lynn Rogers
Laura Kelly
Jake LaTurner
Congress
National Down Syndrome Society
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Amanda Adkins
Cerner Corp
Firefighters Find Man Dead in Eastern Wichita House Blaze
Fire crews found a 50 year old man dead inside a burning home south of Crestview Country Club in eastern Wichita. The fire began around 9 45 a m and firefighters extinguished flames in the garage then the house. Authorities said no foul play is suspected after initial concerns of a suspicious death.
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