Mayor breaks tie to hold line on city levy Ten days after a packed public hearing where seniors on fixed incomes pleaded for relief, the Unified Government Board of Commissioners adopted its 2027 budget on Thursday, Sept. 3, holding the property tax rate flat for both the city and the […]
The U.S. Department of Justice sued Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools on Sept. 1. The suit asks a federal court to order the district to drop guidelines that it says would allow the district to help students change their gender identity at school without telling their parents. The department’s Civil […]
Pinched between rising expenses, citizen expectations, and property tax discontent, the Unified Government Board of Commissioners reached out for another revenue source Thursday, voting to place two sales tax questions on the November 2026 ballot. The first, a county-wide measure would fund health care programs. The second, specific to KCK, […]
Interim County Administrator Alan Howze presented a proposed 2027 budget of $551 million to the Unified Government Board of Commissioners on Thursday, Aug. 6, and made fiscal discipline its cornerstone. “We have had expenses that have exceeded our revenues over a period of time, and that is not sustainable,” he […]
The Edwardsville Police Department drew about 250 residents to City Park on Tuesday, Aug. 4, for its fourth annual Waterfest. Previously held in late July, this year the event shifted to the first Tuesday in August to coincide with the National Night Out, a nationwide campaign that promotes partnerships between […]
The Unified Government Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on Thursday to allow the demolition of the main public library at 625 Minnesota Avenue, clearing the final local approval the project needed. The board approved two related measures, each on a 9 to 0 vote, with Commissioner Evelyn Hill (District 4) […]
Amelia White scores her first NWSL goal and Kansas City stretches its league-record home unbeaten run to 25 in a 5-1 rout. Down several of their biggest names, the Kansas City Current needed only five minutes to take control. Haley Hopkins buried a rebound in the fifth minute, and the […]
The U.S. Department of Justice has given Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools 14 days to stop enforcing an internal guideline on transgender students or face a federal lawsuit. The demand letter is dated Jul. 21. It went to the board of education and Superintendent Anna Stubblefield by mail and email […]
After a long and openly-divided debate that ran through four failed motions, the Unified Government Board of Commissioners voted 6 to 3 Thursday, Jul. 16, to notify the state of its intent exceed the revenue neutral rate. In a compromise to get to the legally required decision, the board capped […]
As it approaches the rocky shoals of budget season, the Unified Government will have an experienced hand at the tiller, with assistant county administrator Alan Howze appointed to run the government on an interim basis. At its Thursday, Jul. 2 meeting, the Board of Commissioners appointed Howze, a 10-year veteran […]