Topeka

But in places with fewer competitors such as in Fort Smith, Ark., and Topeka, Kan., grocery store mergers have resulted in higher prices, Mayo said in a discussion about the topic.

Sanjiv’s move from Kansas’ Topeka Zoo & Conservation Center in January 2023 was part of the Tacoma zoo’s ambition to protect his species, which is critically endangered, the zoo said at the time.

Five years ago, Lanell Griffith and her husband paid a little less than $2,700 in property taxes on their Topeka, Kansas, home in a historic neighborhood of tree-lined, brick streets.

But just as clear to many is the legacy of discrimination that stands in the way of its promise of equity in Topeka and elsewhere.

In greater Topeka, as in school systems across America, students of color are concentrated in districts that disproportionately serve low-income families.