Tag: Leavenworth County
Kansas House Bill 2385 would allow cities and counties to impose earnings tax for theoretical property tax relief
The Kansas House Taxation Committee heard testimony on a bill that allows cities and counties to impose a 1% earnings…
Leavenworth County property tax discussion is a good reminder that elected officials must be leaders
Did you ever have to settle squabbles coming from the back seat of the car, with kids saying ‘she’s looking…
Veterans Treatment Court offers vets a second chance
Sedgwick County’s Veterans Treatment Court (VTC) opened last September, one of several such courts in Kansas providing alternatives to jail…
LVCO superintendents lobby legislators and try to exclude board members
A decision to leave local school board members off an invitation list for Leavenworth County superintendents to lobby state legislators…
Leavenworth supers want more money, higher property tax, no accountability
The 2024 legislative agenda that Leavenworth County superintendents are proposing for adoption by their school boards is loaded with demands…
SB 79 proposes theoretical property tax relief with a local earnings tax
A unique “tax swap”, allowing counties to institute an earnings tax, if approved by voters, to lessen some of the…
Leavenworth Co. superintendents reluctant to discuss property tax with county
Leavenworth County commissioners sought a meeting with public school superintendents and school board members to discuss property tax and mil…
COVID cases trending down in many counties but Kelly extends lockdown
Kanas Governor Laura Kelly yesterday extended her statewide lockdown order through May 3, even though many counties have decidedly downward…
Town Hall Meeting about Tyson Chicken Set for Tonight
Area residents will have an opportunity to voice some of their concerns about a proposal to build a Tyson Foods chicken manufacturing…