Celia Hack
News ReporterCelia Hack is a general assignment reporter for KMUW. Before KMUW, she worked at The Wichita Beacon covering local government and as a freelancer for The Shawnee Mission Post and the Kansas Leadership Center’s The Journal. She is originally from Westwood, Kansas, but Wichita is her home now.
Celia can be reached by email at celiahack@kmuw.org.
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The bill is supported by Sedgwick County and the city of Wichita, but a local advocacy group focused on ending homelessness is concerned about the language around enforcing ordinances about camping and vagrancy.
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The commission had the opportunity to vote on a new set of regulations developed by the Sedgwick County-Wichita Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, but felt more research was necessary to prepare regulations.
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The county commission will vote Wednesday on expanded regulations for large-scale solar farms, as the temporary ban on new solar applications comes to a close.
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The number of homes going up in value is less than last year, but still significant.
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Textron to provide air quality testing in East Wichita neighborhood above decades-old chemical spillThe groundwater is contaminated with trichloroethene, a chemical that may increase the risk of certain cancers.
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One analysis found the number of independent pharmacies in Kansas dropped 12% between 2010 and 2019.
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The new hospital will be on the northwest corner of Meridian and MacArthur in south Wichita.
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Some state representatives introduced a bill last year to increase regulations on these types of contracts.
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Forty-two people died in 2023 while experiencing or transitioning out of homelessness, according to community advocates and the Wichita Police Department.
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Some council members said they’ve heard from tenants who faced retaliation after complaining of poor housing conditions.