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- Wichita Mayor Lily Wu has asked for an update on the city's new water treatment plant at the city council's meeting today.
- Sedgwick County commissioners are set to vote this week on appointing a new county appraiser.
- Democratic Governor Laura Kelly is advising caution after Kansas tax collections came in lower than expected in December.
- A mile-deep nuclear reactor is planned for Parsons, Kansas. Governor Laura Kelly says she hasn’t formed an opinion on it but believes in allowing all kinds of energy sources.
- Police in Lawrence, Kansas, say a city employee shot and killed an intruder in city hall yesterday morning.
- Abortions in Kansas in 2024 exceeded 19,000, the second consecutive year to pass that number.
- Kansas will receive more than $220 million in federal funds to improve rural health care.
- The deadline has passed for the Royals to make an offer for state bond money to build a Kansas ballpark.
- Americans drank more milk in 2024, reversing a decade-long decline.
- The Sedgwick County Extension office will host a Three Kings Day celebration this weekend.
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