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Category: Local Issues

September 7, 2025September 7, 2025Vicki Kline

Understanding the Johnson County Budget Presentation for Revenue Neutral August 20, 2025 – Budget Series Part 1

August 22, 2025October 26, 2025CitizenJournalist

Kansas Water Shortage Concerns Grow as De Soto’s New Data Center Will Use Water From the Kansas River

August 15, 2025September 7, 2025CitizenJournalist

Kansas Education Testing Cut Scores Change, Part 5 of a Series on Education

August 14, 2025August 14, 2025Vicki Kline

DIVE Into Change: A Fundraiser for Sydney Marsden. Save Bluejacket Pool. Save our Community

August 8, 2025August 8, 2025CitizenJournalist

Why is Kansas the High Tax Point on the Prairie?

July 30, 2025July 30, 2025CitizenJournalist

Slush Fund Shut Down: AG Deems County Sales Tax Unlawful

July 15, 2025July 17, 2025jwilliams

Customs-Free Foreign Trade Zones and National Security Risks

July 11, 2025July 12, 2025Vicki Kline

The Election Investigation Part 2: Awareness Without Accountability

July 4, 2025July 4, 2025CitizenJournalist

Call to Action: The Unified Government, (UG), of Wyandotte County is preparing to raise the Real Estate Tax Levy for 2026 and Residents Must Speak Out

May 27, 2025May 27, 2025CitizenJournalist

Boondoggle Ahead Part II

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