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Wichita Buys All-Electric Bus as City Fleets Move Away from Diesel Power

The exhaust pipe on one of Wichita's diesel buses. The city plans to replace the gas powered vehicles with all electric buses. (Photo: Brian Grimmett / Kansas News Service)
Wednesday, November 6th, 2019, by Kansas News Service
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By the end of the year, Wichita Transit will begin operating the first new, battery-powered all-electric bus in the state. It’s one of 11 the agency has purchased. City transit fleets throughout the state are planning to move away from internal combustion engines.
 

My Fellow Kansans: Some Small Towns Losing Population but Shrinking “Smartly”

Mandy Fincham and her husband, run the Kettle in Beloit, Kansas. Some people think its “quality-of-life” initiatives like their cafe and wine bar make a difference between small towns shrinking smartly or withering badly. (Photo: Chris Neal, Kansas News Service.)
Monday, November 4th, 2019, by Kansas News Service
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Rural communities throughout Kansas continue to lose population as powerful economic forces nudge people to larger cities and suburbs. But some social scientists say there are ways to shrink smarter by focusing on improving the quality of life rather than chasing businesses that might never come.

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