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“Economic Uncertainties” necessitate mindful approach to 2027 City Budget
Hays Deputy City Manager Collin Bielser told City Commissioners last week that he has already directed staff to take a more approach to budgeting for next year in light of current economic uncertainties. “I think Department Heads and employees already do the critically, creative, collaborative…
Overland Park loosens zoning codes to build more small-scale housing
Overland Park hopes a short-term revision to its development codes will jumpstart its small-scale housing pilot program. The temporary amendment will allow up to 12 projects to move forward using home designs in the city’s new Portfolio Homes program. The exact sites are unclear, but…
Federal appeals court upholds Shawnee’s controversial co-living ban — ‘Deeply disappointing’
A federal appeals court has upheld a previous federal ruling dismissing a lawsuit challenging Shawnee’s controversial “co-living ban.” On Monday, the Tenth District of the U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the September 2023 dismissal by the federal district court in Kansas City, Kansas, attesting that…
Johnson County Treasurer Tom Franzen retires, concluding 27-year career
Tom Franzen, a veteran county finance, treasury and motor vehicle director and one of the county’s longest serving department heads, retired March 27 after 27 years of service. Franzen held several titles in county leadership since 1999, when he left six years of finance-related work…
Johnson County’s Negro Creek gets new markers explaining how it got named
New signage is bringing long-forgotten history to light at a Johnson County creek, and reframes a name that residents have debated for years. Instead of changing name of Negro Creek, local leaders chose to tell its story publicly. Read more: KCUR
New faces in Kansas policing shaking up the status quo
One is a combat veteran and former military criminal investigator. Another is a seasoned commander who moved to Kansas from the Austin, Texas, police department. A third oversaw law enforcement at the University of Colorado Boulder. But with only one or two years on the…
New Garden City ground beef plant opens, bringing region 250 jobs
It has been years in the making, but on Wednesday, Empirical Foods is opening is its new beef production facility in Garden City. The new plant is 280,000 square feet and is located at Jennie Barker Road and U.S. Highway 400. The facility will produce…
Hutchinson City Council discusses data centers
Members of the Hutchinson City Council finally spoke publicly about their views regarding data centers during Tuesday night’s city council meeting at City Hall. Council member Stacy Goss kicked off the discussion during council comments towards the end of the four-and-a-half hour meeting. “First thing…
Kansas governor vetoes protest petition bill; rolls out new property tax proposal
Accusing Republicans of making empty promises about property tax relief, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday vetoed a controversial protest petition proposal and released her own tax plan. Kelly’s reform package was rolled out in tandem with a veto and scathing rebuke of a GOP…
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