Author: AJ Shaw

The Kansas Turnpike is set to turn to cashless tolling next Monday. KTA says the transition will be seamless as converting to the new system will occur during the overnight hours on Jul. 1. However, the back-office system will take time to transition as the KTA offices will be closed from this Saturday Jun. 29 to next Sunday Jul. 7. KTA CEO Steve Hewitt said in a statement that the transition to cashless tolling provides a “safer, more efficient customer service while keeping toll rates at some of the lowest in the country.” The full transition will be completed by…

Kansas senator Jerry Moran spoke at Kansas State University on Monday to tout his accomplishments at the federal level while also providing an update for government officials in Riley County. Moran touted over $50 million granted to K-State to help furnish improvements for the campus as well as other advances made such as money for Ft. Riley and RCPD. Moran said on Monday that while he never served in the military, he grew up during the time of the Vietnam War where his fellow classmates didn’t receive fair treatment and he wanted to repay their service by giving them support.…

On Monday’s edition of The Game, Wamego head football coach Weston Moody calls in to discuss coaching in the East-West Shrine Game. Then in Hour 2, can the Shaw bounce back from a tough loss last week?

Over 70 million Americans are expected to travel 50 or more miles over the 4th of July holiday. This number is expected to be quite high for Kansans, as AAA Public Affairs manager Shawn Steward explained…. That number is higher than 2023, which saw an estimated 429,000 Kansans either take to the roads, sky or tracks to travel over the Jul. 4 weekend. As Steward explained, 4th of July usually sees the most travel because the conditions to travel are much easier. Gas prices play a big role into that according to Steward. Steward says that Kansas is blessed with…

Jobless rates are up all across the region according to data that was recently released by the Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL). The unemployment rate for Riley County is up half a percentage point from April at 3%. Geary County saw a jump of 0.6% from 3.7% in April to 4.3% in May. Pottawatomie and Wabaunsee Counties are also up from April with Pott County having an unemployment rate of 2.5% and Wabaunsee having a 3% unemployment rate. In general, the state of Kansas saw an unemployment rate of 2.8% in May, unchanged for the state since April and below…

On Friday’s edition of The Game, the guys discuss Jerome Tang’s amended contract. Then in Hour 2, Allen Terrell joins the program to discuss Blue Valley’s recruiting relationship with K-State.

Gov. Laura Kelly officially signed legislation that will cut taxes by $1.2 billion over the next three years. The bill, which passed with massive bipartisan majorities in the Kansas legislature earlier this week, provides several tax cuts for Kansans, particularly when it comes to income taxes. The top rate for taxpayers was lowered to 5.58% and the income brackets were reduced to two. Anyone making above $46,000 will pay the 5.58% rate. Anyone below that will pay 5.2%. The bill also eliminates a state tax on Social Security benefits. It also dropped a repeal on the state’s 2% tax on…

The Kansas Board of Regents met on Thursday and unanimously voted to raise tuition and fees to an average of 3.9% for full-time public universities in the state requesting revenue enhancements from that source. K-State saw a 2.5% tuition increase for resident undergraduates, which is what was requested by the university. This increase in tuition equals about a $139 raise from tuition at the university from last school year. Fort Hays State saw the largest increase at 5.2% while KU saw an increase of 5%. Members of the board defended the increases by focusing on a report that showed that…

On an abbreviated edition of The Game, the guys discuss the announcement of K-State basketball playing Drake in KC this year and the NCAA’s plan to expand the men’s and women’s tournament to potentially 72 or 76 teams.

The city of Manhattan is facing a revenue shortfall, which could affect the city in several areas over the next few years. A number of solutions to the problem has been discussed such as raising the mill levy which was proposed by commissioner Karen McCulloh. Others like commissioner John Matta has cautioned against an approach due to the possibility of a tax increase. Commissioner Jayme Minton has said the city needs to get its financial situation under control. Interim city manager Jason Hilgers says that the solution that has been used in the past is reductions in staff. Hilgers says…