ManhattanFreePress 10.13.2022 Manhattan Receives TA Grants Totaling $2.4 Million for Sidewalk Project

  Manhattan Receives TA Grants Totaling $2.4 Million for Sidewalk Project City of Manhattan On Thursday, October 6 at Manhattan Catholic Schools, Mayor Linda Morse introduced Gov. Laura Kelly, who announced $28.5 million has been awarded for 32 Transportation Alternatives (TA) projects across Kansas fo r fiscal year 2023-24 , which includes two grants to Read More

ManhattanFreePress 9.22.2022 The City will not tell you but the 2023 Budget is 189271669M up 25747377

    The City will not tell you but the 2023 Budget is $189,271,669 up $25,747,377 Editor’s note: Tuesday night the Manhattan City Commission passed the 2023 Budget. Read the Agenda Item (below) that was given to the Commission. Not once does the Summary tell what the Full Total Budget is. Now the Commission did Read More

ManhattanFreePress 9.15.2022 KCC grants public utility status to wind developer that could raise electric rates

   KCC grants public utility status to wind developer that could raise electric rates By Patrick Richardson The Sentinel The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) has approved the first stage of a project which will see elec- tricity from the Wolf Creek nuclear power plant near Burlington sent out of state rather than powering Wichita and Read More

Manhattan Free Press 08.25.2022 City of Manhattan is Playing Games With the Public and Park & Rec.

City of Manhattan is Playing Games With the Public and Park & Rec. Editorial By Jon A. Brake Publisher Manhattan Free Press The first thing I think of when starting an editorial about the City of Manhattan is Control. The City of Manhattan Staff and City Manager have complete control of everything, City Commission, Businesses and Read More

Manhattan Free Press 8.18.2022 Manhattan City Commission Approved Reconstruction Costing $28.6 M – $3.2 to City

Manhattan City Commission Approved Reconstruction Costing $28.6 M – $3.2 to City Agenda Item SummaryCity Commission – August 16, 2022 Subject: Reconstruct Runway 3/21 (AP2202, CIP #AP030P) Staff Contact/Department: Brandon Keazer, Airport Director Action Item: Consider accepting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Grant Offer, and contingent upon its receipt, awarding the runway construction contract, approving Read More