Wichita Eagle

blogs.kansas.com — WICHITA - There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but Ian Lindstrom says there is plenty of free booze flowing in Wichita, and he can help bar and restaurant owners stop it. Lindstrom has purchased the BevIntel franchise for the Wichita territory.

blogs.kansas.com — WICHITA - Finally, Bradley Fair can reveal the reason behind its game of musical chairs, business style. The Loft is coming to the center at 21st and Rock Road this fall. "We have been working with them for quite some time," says Cathy Erickson, vice president at Laham Development .

kansas.com — Despite pending water restrictions for Wichita, seven of the city's swimming pools are scheduled to open Monday. Two other pools, Harvest Swimming Pool and College Park, are set to open Friday, May 31. The city is considering various methods of water conservation because of drought-plagued Cheney Reservoir, which provides Wichita with 64 percent of its water.

blogs.kansas.com — WICHITA - Elite Sports Chiropractic is moving to where there are plenty of sports. Jon Messenger is leaving the Westlake center at 119th and Maple to move to within the Wichita Sluggers Academy near 13th and Ridge. "There's a lot of sports stuff right there at that corner, and plus it centralizes me a little bit," Messenger says.

kansas.com — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has vetoed legislation that would have allowed limited expansion of charity raffles. The Republican governor said Thursday he determined that the bill violated the Kansas Constitution's provisions on lotteries and gambling. Brownback says he supports the Legislature's intent to allow limited raffles, but he suggested that lawmakers should seek a constitutional amendment instead.

kansas.com — Negotiations between House and Senate Republicans over tax-cutting proposals crashed Thursday morning as Senate leaders moved ahead to potentially vote on a new plan that House leaders say they haven't seen yet. The anticlimactic meeting came on the final day of the scheduled legislative session. Rep. Richard Carlson, R-St.