Tag: Wyandotte County
Sports authority bill features passionate testimony on both sides in legislative hearing
A bill to authorize a sports authority to own the new home of the Kansas City Chiefs in Wyandotte 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…
Lt. Governor Toland won’t assure Kansans they won’t see tax increases from Chiefs stadium deal
Lt. Governor David Toland, who in his dual role as state Commerce Secretary was the architect of the STAR Bonds…
WYCO denies media request for Chiefs emails on move to Kansas
Wyandotte County has refused a request from KMBC Channel 9 for email communications exchanged with the Chiefs regarding the team’s…
$2 billion for the Chiefs moving to Kansas; property tax relief remains elusive
Ending months of speculation about their future home once their lease expires at Arrowhead Stadium, the four-time Super Bowl Champion…
Wyandotte County votes to exceed Revenue Neutral by 17%, much more than residents were led to believe
(Editor’s Note: this story is revised to correct the tax increases proposed by USD 202 Turner and USD 203 Piper.)…
Wyandotte Co. property owners providing hefty salaries for government employees
The fallout continues across Kansas after state lawmakers failed to pass legislation limiting property tax increases. Wyandotte County and Kansas…
County officials object to pro-taxpayer property tax reforms
The leaders of Johnson, Sedgwick, Wyandotte, Douglas, and Shawnee counties collectively came out in opposition to property tax reform yesterday…
“Scoop and Score” makes false claim, won’t substantiate rosy economic impact of bringing the Chiefs to Kansas
Much like quarterbacks use the “silent count” in noisy situations near vocal opponents, the organizers of “Scoop and Score” working…
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…
Elected officials use residential valuation spike to hide property tax increases
The Wyandotte County 2023 budget presentation touts a half-mill reduction as property tax “savings” and “tax relief,” but in reality,…
Kansas legislation to target ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions
Earlier this month the Unified Government of Wyandotte County, which includes Kansas City, Kansas, approved the “Safe and Welcoming” ordinance…
KC Monarchs, Royals require masks to watch games
The Kansas City Monarchs, a minor league baseball team, will be allowing spectators this season, opening up season ticket sales…
Wyandotte County officials won’t discuss 2020 pay increases
While many residents were struggling to pay bills last year, some of the highest-paid employees of the Unified Government of…
WHO: labs should be wary of false positives from cycle thresholds
The World Health Organization (WHO) last week joined others in sounding an alarm about false positives being reported due to…
Lack of oversight leads to high surcharges at KCK BPU
Employee pay and electric rates aren’t the only things that are sky-high at the Kansas City, Kansas Board of Public…
Encouraging trends continue in the latest Kansas COVID data
Encouraging trends that developed over the last few weeks on hospitalization and mortality continued with the last Kansas COVID data…
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…
2 Wyandotte Officers Shot, Killed–5 Shot In Last 3 Years
On Friday morning, two Wyandotte County sheriff’s deputies were in the process of transporting murder suspect Antoine Fielder from the…
Eagle Definitions: ‘Centrist’ Equals Anti-Freedom; ‘Success’ Equals Tax Hike
The Mainstream Coalition, an anti-religion organization, is calling the largest tax hike in Kansas state history “a success,” according to…