Immigrant advocacy groups on Thursday succeeded in a request to a District of Columbia federal judge to temporarily block the Trump administration from deporting their clients, potentially within hours.
Discussions between the Ellis County Commission and Hays City Commission concluded that both sitting bodies will take place in a formal vote at their next two meetings to formalize their cooperation in 48th Street repairs as well as asphalt improvements to Vineyard Avenue and Commerce Road Avenue. The city previously committed to funding $200,000 towards a joint County-City project for 48th Street repairs, in support of the County’s unsuccessful attempts to secure state cost-share grant funding for the project.
FHSU will host an AI Institute & Fair on Tuesday, Feb. 25, from 2 to 7 p.m.
When FHSU’s Department of Applied Technology Chair heard that his department had reached the 100 percent graduate job placement milestone, he couldn’t have been more pleased.
Director of Finance Kim Rupp presented the City’s Dec. 2024 Monthly Financial Report to the Hays City Commission on Feb. 13, 2025, noting increased sales tax collection, decreased revenue and decreased expenses for Dec. 2024 compared to Dec. 2023.
Ellis County Commissioners, by consensus, unanimously approved the moving of the Public Works operations to “Summer Hours” beginning Monday, March 31, 2025, through Thursday, October 30, 2025.
Fort Hays State improved to 17-8 overall and 10-6 in the MIAA with a 70-59 win over Missouri Southern on Thursday night (Feb. 20) at Gross Memorial Coliseum.
At the City of Hays Feb. 18, 2025, Press Briefing, Water Conservation Specialist Holly Dickman reviewed the City’s ongoing efforts to encourage outdoor water efficiency conservation by offering again the Turf Conversion, Smart Irrigation Controller and Rain Sensor-Shutoff rebate programs.
The Fort Hays State baseball team announced another schedule change to its first MIAA series of the season on Thursday (Feb. 20).
The Kansas House shelved a proposal Thursday setting fee limits on government agencies responding to public requests under the Kansas Open Records Act and unanimously pivoted to a bill compelling a good-faith effort to control costs for searching, redacting or delivering documents. The original bill, introduced on behalf of the conservative think tank Kansas Policy Institute, would have capped copying costs at 25 cents per page for KORA requests and banned assessments for documents sent electronically to those requesting materials.