September 2025

On Feds slowing rates down, Rupp says it's "wait and see"

September 4, 2025

Last week, following Hays Finance Director Kim Rupp’s July 2025 Financial Report presentation to the City Commission last week, he stated he is not concerned at this time about “the Feds slowing rates down.” “We do have to have stay short-term [with investments.] We’re restricted to about a 2 2-6ear, but we also try to invest in Treasury when we can. It’s a wait and see situation, in my opinion,” said Director Rupp in response to Vice Mayor’s question if he is concerned.

September 4, 2025

WICHITA — The Kansas State Board of Education has approved new score thresholds for state assessment tests that are expected to increase the number of students scoring in the top levels. Some lawmakers have raised concerns that the move is designed to cover up poor test scores.

Vaccination, Paxlovid and metformin can help with long COVID

September 4, 2025

DEAR DR. ROACH: Is there anything a person can do to make it less likely that a COVID infection leads to long COVID symptoms? Does activity help or harm a person in this case? -- L.B.ANSWER: Before getting COVID in the first place, being vaccinated helps prevent a COVID infection, and even if you get infected, it probably reduces the likelihood that a person will suffer long-term symptoms, often called "long COVID." Once a person is infected, early treatment with Paxlovid improves symptoms, but a randomized trial did not show a significant benefit in it reducing the risk of long COVID symptoms.Activity has not been shown to help or worsen the likelihood of developing long COVID.

Every fall there's a government shutdown warning. This time it could happen

September 4, 2025

WASHINGTON — Congress returns to Washington, D.C., this week following an uneventful August recess where little to no progress was made on government funding, even though lawmakers have just weeks left until their shutdown deadline. Republican leaders will need the support of several Democratic senators to approve a stopgap spending bill before Oct.

States begin to see job losses from Trump's cuts, housing and spending slowdowns

September 4, 2025

Virginia and New Jersey may be among the states most affected by the hiring slowdown that enraged President Donald Trump when it appeared in an Aug. 1 jobs report showing the United States had 258,000 fewer jobs than initially reported in May and June.

September 4, 2025

After the Hays High football team went where no Indian program had gone before in reaching the Class 5A state championship game last fall, the 2025 season will be a stiff test as the Indians look to do it again.Hays High opens the season Friday with a 7 p.m. game at Manhattan, which made the Class 6A state title game last fall.