Manhattan

• The Manhattan City Commission backed a $150,000 workforce housing request to fund a community land trust project on Dickens Avenue. →
• Manhattan maintained a Class 6 floodplain rating under the Community Rating System, securing a 20 percent insurance discount for residents. →
• Manhattan plans to partner with KDOT on a 2030 highway project to install underground culverts and curb East Downtown street flooding. →
• Manhattan launched a program using urban developer fees to pay local farmers to plant cover crops that reduce runoff into the Kansas River. →
• Phase two of Manhattan's levee project remains delayed due to ongoing negotiations with Union Pacific Railroad over flood protection gaps. →
• The Pentagon rejected flood detention reservoirs on Fort Riley, leaving Wildcat Creek flood mitigation stalled in Manhattan. →
• Fort Riley soldier Bebak Gurung was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of minors. →
• Expect plenty of sunshine across Manhattan today with a breezy high near 81°F and wind gusts up to 30 mph.

🌾 Kansas

• Cook Political Report moved the Kansas governor's race between Republican Ty Masterson and Democrat Cindy Holscher from Lean Republican to Toss Up on Oct. 27, a week before the Nov. 3 election. →

• Evergy told customers Oct. 26 that new data centers and large power users will pay premium rates, with the company estimating about 20% more than other customers while state regulators project a 7-10% increase. →

• Republican U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran urged Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to establish a permanent USCIS field office in southwest Kansas and restore mobile immigration services to Garden City, Dodge City and Liberal. →

• Wichita police briefed the City Council Oct. 27 on their 191-camera Flock Safety license-plate system ahead of a council vote next week on a six-month contract extension. →

• ICYMI: Vice President JD Vance announced $57.4 million in tentative meatpacking grants, including awards for 10 unidentified Kansas facilities, during an Oct. 26 campaign rally for Sen. Roger Marshall. →

🇺🇸 US

• UPS and Visa reports released Tuesday showed continued U.S. consumer spending, with UPS raising its annual forecast after third-quarter revenue rose 6.7% and Visa posting 13% revenue growth. →

• U.S. military spending on the Iran war has exceeded $47 billion, more than 25% above the Pentagon's July estimate, Reuters reported Tuesday. →

• A federal grand jury in Washington declined Tuesday to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson over her 2022 testimony to the House Jan. 6 committee. →

• Boeing shares fell about 10% Tuesday after the company said slower wing production would delay plans to increase 737 Max output. →

• Partial Israeli election results Wednesday left Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc with 56 of parliament's 120 seats and the opposition led by Gadi Eisenkot with 48, short of the 61 needed for a majority. →

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October 28, 1886: Statue of Liberty Dedicated

On this day, President Grover Cleveland formally dedicated the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, marking the completion of France’s monumental gift to the United States. The towering figure, originally known as “Liberty Enlightening the World,” quickly became a powerful symbol of freedom and a welcoming beacon to millions of immigrants arriving in America.

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