Mark Wiebe

Wichita has seen a steep rise in the construction of duplexes marketed to homebuyers, suggesting that might make more new construction affordable as starter homes.

A Texas county of 2 million earns national praise for driving down homelessness and jail booking rates over the past two decades with the help of robust collaboration across agencies and a 37-acre one-stop shop. But even a Sedgwick County-scaled version of such a project would be financially challenging and would require consensus across a diverse array of stakeholders.