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Understanding the Johnson County Budget Presentation for Revenue Neutral August 20, 2025 – Budget Series Part 1
Integrity Intercept This article presents the Budget Director’s 15-minute overview as delivered to the public. Our goal is to make the County’s presentation more accessible and understandable for residents seeking clarity over Johnson County’s financial priorities.We call this Part 1 of our budget series. Part 2 will feature community-submitted statements and additional reflections on budget… Read more
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Lenexa’s Lawless Lapse: City Council Approves Human Trafficking
August 19, 2025 Lenexa’s response to the recent federal search warrant demonstrates how far city leaders are willing to go to play politics instead of protecting people. Lenexa City Council members praised their police department for refusing to assist Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)—the very agency tasked with dismantling trafficking networks, exposing labor abuse, and prosecuting… Read more
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Public Forums and the First Amendment
August 16, 2025 The Spring Hill Recreation Commission recently voted to put into place a Social Media Engagement Policy effective August 13th, 2025. While it’s isn’t bad to have a few rules on “your own” website, making those rules apply on a social media and social networking service such as Facebook is a whole other… Read more
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Kansas Education Testing Cut Scores Change, Part 5 of a Series on Education
August 15, 2025 What Are Kansas School Assessments Telling Us over the Years? The Kansas State Board of Education voted on August 12, 2025 to change the cut scores for student achievement state testing in math, science, and ELA. The vote was 7 to 3 with members Michelle Dombrowsky, Connie O’Brian, and Debbie Potter voting… Read more
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DIVE Into Change: A Fundraiser for Sydney Marsden. Save Bluejacket Pool. Save our Community
August 14, 2025 As Overland Park works on its Parks and Recreation overhaul—Playbook OP, the successor to the current Comprehensive Park System Master Plan—residents are diving into action to preserve their beloved neighborhood pools. Under the existing plan, pools are systematically closed in preparation for the launch of Playbook OP. So far, three neighborhood pools—Roe,… Read more
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Why is Kansas the High Tax Point on the Prairie?
August 8, 2025 For years, I have sounded the alarm on tax incentives decimating Kansas’ tax base. More recently in 2022 I fought the ill-advised Attracting Powerful Economic Expansion (APEX) bill which gave Panasonic $829 million in state tax incentives. I opposed De Soto handing Panasonic an additional $200 million in tax incentives and now… Read more
