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“The study highlights a real and important challenge facing local governments nationwide,” said Spencer Duncan, mayor of Topeka, Kan. “Like nearly all cities, Topeka faces a fundamental challenge: infrastructure needs exceed available funding.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Glassdoor and Redfin’s report, which broke out metro areas by population size, ranked New Orleans, Palm Bay, Fla., and Wichita, Kan., as the top midsize metro areas for new grads.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
Two years later, Sarkesian became athletic director at Washburn University in Topeka, Kan., Lopes went with him.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
In 2023, the Leawood, Kan., company sold collectible concession vessels — the industry term for the buckets — for nine movies.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
Perennial, branching, puberulent or glabrate, low; leaves narrow, pinnately or bipinnately parted, the lobes and teeth bristle-tipped; heads small, the appressed scales bristle-tipped; achenes pubescent.—Minn. to Kan., and southward.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
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