Tag: LocalGovernment
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Wichita City Council, June 16, 2026: Fire Station Funding, New Panhandling-Adjacent Ordinances, and a Rugby Club Moves Into South Lakes
The Wichita City Council approved three federal fire grants, advanced ordinances raising the felony theft threshold and domestic battery sentencing, and discussed encampment and panhandling enforcement. A rugby club also landed a South Lakes lease.
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Wichita City Council June 2, 2026: Parking Ban Repealed
Wichita City Council June 2, 2026: the council repealed its 2008 backing-into-parking ban 7-0 (with an on-street exception), while two residents delivered pointed testimony alleging police accountability failures.