Mayor’s ‘Deck the Hall’ & Tree Lighting Ceremony on Dec. 3

A federal grand jury in Kansas City has indicted several Mexican nationals for alleged immigration violations and gun possession offenses as announced on April 8. Authorities stress that all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Out of the $13.1 billion in total tax revenue collected by Kansas in 2024, $4.3 billion came from general sales and gross receipts taxes, representing a decrease from the previous year, when the total was $4.4 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

Senator Jerry Moran welcomed NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman for tours highlighting Kansan contributions to Artemis II spacecraft development. The officials visited key manufacturing sites before attending an opening ceremony at Hutchinson’s Cosmosphere museum.