City Accepts Lower Mall Rent Payment CITY COMMISSION AGENDA MEMO July 14, 2021 FROM: Jason Hilgers, Deputy City Manager MEETING: July 20, 2021 SUBJECT: Manhattan Town Center – COVID Lease Payments PRESENTER: Jason Hilgers, Deputy City Manager BACKGROUND The Ground Lease between the City and the Owner of Manhattan Town Center (MTC) contains the following Read More

Riley, Pott Co. in Conservation Plan that Hints of Land Grab By Petr Svab The Epoch Times LINCOLN, Neb.—Tucked away on page 9 of one of President Joe Biden’s executive orders on climate change are two small paragraphs that have raised alarm among the governors of more than a dozen states. The paragraphs task the Read More

Big 12 Texas, Oklahoma make request to join powerhouse SEC (AP) Texas and Oklahoma made a request Tuesday to join the powerhouse Southeastern Conference, with SEC Commissioner Greg  Sankey saying the league would consider it in the “near future.”

Kansas has some of the nation’s highest property tax rates By Dave Trabert Kansas Policy Institute – Our 2021 Green Book shows once again that Kansas has some of the highest property tax rates in the nation. Iola has the dubious distinction of having the highest effective tax rate on  commercial property for rural areas Read More

First Christian Church Dilemma for the County Commission By Jon A. Brake Manhattan Free Press – As the Free Press goes on line this morning The Riley County Commissioners have a dilemma. The Commissioners have three choices to ponder. They pertain to what to do with the First Christian Church building. They thought they had Read More

Critical Race Theory Exposed by Judicial Watch By Tom Fitton Judicial Watch –  One by one, school districts across the country are being overcome by a racist madness, and we are doing everything we can to expose this leftist totalitarian assault on children and teachers. The latest horror story occurs in Massachusetts.

Board of Regents may raise community college-to-university credit transfer cap By Tim Carpenter – Kansas Reflector – Topeka – The Kansas Board of Regents may raise to 75 the number of credit hours that could be transferred from a community college to a state university following success of a two-year pilot involving Johnson County Community Read More

  Kansas’ Democratic governor appoints three to Board of Regents By Tim Carpenter – Kansas Reflector – TOPEKA Manhattan Free Press 6/17/2021 – Kansas’ Democratic governor appoints three to Board of Regents – Gov. Laura Kelly moved to place a larger imprint Wednesday on the Kansas Board of Regents by naming a retired railroad executive, Read More