Rishaan Panchal, a sixth-grader at Lakewood Middle School in Overland Park, will represent Kansas in the National Civics Bee after winning the state’s first-ever finals Thursday at the Kansas Leadership […] The post Champion crowned in first-ever Kansas middle-school civics bee appeared first on KLC Journal - A Civic Issues Magazine from the Kansas Leadership Center ..read more

Wichita city officials announced their commitment to implementing a county-wide, low-barrier municipal ID program in 2025 as well as an annual $600,000 operating budget for a one-stop-shop homeless resource center […] The post Wichita commits to municipal IDs in 2025, confirms homeless resource center will move forward appeared first on KLC Journal - A Civic Issues Magazine from the Kansas Leadership Center ..read more

Sometimes running a small business means waking up before dawn on a bitterly cold January morning, preparing for a snowstorm. Just ask Shane Iwashige. Last winter, the resident of Hutchinson […] The post Experienced business navigators wanted in Reno County appeared first on KLC Journal - A Civic Issues Magazine from the Kansas Leadership Center ..read more

Loading… One of the best professional compliments I’ve ever received came from Joe Palacioz Sr., the longtime city manager of Hutchinson who retired from that post in 2005 after more […] The post Opinion: Join effort to document local government meetings appeared first on KLC Journal - A Civic Issues Magazine from the Kansas Leadership Center ..read more

Amy Ragland still has nightmares about tornadoes 30 years later. As a young teenager growing up in rural Butler County, Ragland loved to spend Friday nights listening to music in […] The post With tornado risk high in Kansas, be aware of storm trauma appeared first on KLC Journal - A Civic Issues Magazine from the Kansas Leadership Center ..read more

Editor’s note: This story comes from the Wichita Journalism Collaborative, a partnership of 11 organizations, including The Journal. Armed with flashlights, the public can check out for themselves the boarded-up houses, […] The post Investor learns the risks, rewards of buying a house from city appeared first on KLC Journal - A Civic Issues Magazine from the Kansas Leadership Center ..read more

Even as workers finished replacing the distinctive blue roof of Century II, the flying saucer of a convention center that landed in downtown Wichita in 1969, the fate of the […] The post Why Wichita’s Century II is salvaged but not quite saved appeared first on KLC Journal - A Civic Issues Magazine from the Kansas Leadership Center ..read more

Editor’s note: This story is being re-published with permission from KMUW through the Wichita Journalism Collaborative. The first deadline for owners of short-term rentals like Airbnb and VRBO to get a license from the […] The post Few short-term rentals have registered with Wichita since the city passed regulations last year appeared first on KLC Journal - A Civic Issues Magazine from the Kansas Leadership Center ..read more

Editor’s note: This story is being re-published with permission from The Wichita Beacon through the Wichita Journalism Collaborative. As Julie Moore and her elderly parents prepared to move from Oklahoma City to Wichita, they […] The post Two homes, one lot and a possible way to make home ownership more in reach in Wichita appeared first on KLC Journal - A Civic Issues Magazine from the Kansas Leadership Center ..read more

Editor’s note: This story is being re-published with permission from KMUW through the Wichita Journalism Collaborative. Many of the single-family homes in the quiet neighborhood near Harry and 127th Street are completely built – […] The post New home construction falls in Sedgwick County. Will it make the housing shortage worse? appeared first on KLC Journal - A Civic Issues Magazine from the Kansas Leadership Center ..read more