Tag: Johnson County

The COVID positivity rate, which Johnson County health officials say is too high for schools to safely open, includes people…

The COVID policy metrics being used to make public health decisions and to decide when — or if — to…

(Update – the original version of this story referenced a 5.3% property tax increase for 2021; a tiny quarter-mill reduction…

Residents gave Johnson County commissioners an earful at the August 12 public hearing on the county’s 2021 budget proposal, which…

Encouraging trends that developed over the last few weeks on hospitalization and mortality continued with the last Kansas COVID data…

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly wants to delay opening schools and is hinting at closing the economy this fall over the…

For years, Johnson County, and others, have — illegally, according to courts — been attempting to use a different method…

A group of nail salons in Johnson County is preparing to open Monday, in defiance of both Governor Laura Kelly’s…

The extension of stay-at-home orders in Johnson and Wyandotte counties are causing quite a bit of online backlash from business…

Johnson County Commission Chairman Ed Eilert appointed a task force to “strategize and implement a phased approach to reopening the…

Kanas Governor Laura Kelly yesterday extended her statewide lockdown order through May 3, even though many counties have decidedly downward…

A September 2019 ruling from the Kansas Board of Tax Appeals (BOTA) admonished the Johnson County Appraiser’s Office for illegally…

Voters approved a 1/8 cent ($0.125) sales tax in 2008 for the Johnson County Education Research Triangle (JCERT), which advocates…

updated August 22 The International Association of Assessing Officers’ (IAAO) board of directors is seeking to redefine the meaning of…

Johnson County released 5-year budget projections for the county, and the county is projecting annual property tax increases that are…

A 2015 law designed to increase voter turnout may not be having the intended results. When lawmakers moved local elections…

“The Shawnee Dispatch is ceasing publication,” announced the staff on Wednesday, the final day of operation. “This edition will be…

The opening sentence of the Wednesday Kansas City Star article is pretty damning: “Democrat Sharice Davids has pulled out of…

For any number of reasons the fact that a 28-year-old man has been charged with rape should be newsworthy. For…

Dark Store Showdown: Executives Back Bus over JoCo Tax Assessments Johnson County is ground zero in “dark store theory” controversy, an ongoing legal…

In the NYPD, they call what an Overland Park mailman did “a million dollar mistake.” Terrell Dewayne Shears, 25, threw…

On Saturday, Norton Heights Community of Christ church in Kansas City held a prayer vigil for the 137 homicide individuals…

The unfortunately named Nicquan Midgyett will cost Johnson County taxpayers a good deal more money by pleading guilty to only…

Kansas lawmakers moved municipal and school board elections from the spring to the fall hoping it would result in a…