The Prairie Village City Council has approved a set of revisions its committee structure, but backed away from a proposal that would have eliminated the long-standing Environmental and Parks and
By Jerry LaMartina The Shawnee City Council has approved issuing $48 million worth of industrial revenue bonds — an increase from an earlier estimate of $34.4 million — to help
By Jerry LaMartina The Shawnee City Council has unanimously chosen Springsted | Waters Executive Recruitment to conduct a search for a new city manager for a fee of $24,500 and
By Holly Cook With the teardown-rebuild wave in northeast Johnson County sparking a wave of projects in the city, Roeland Park is taking a closer look at regulations on home
By Jerry LaMartina Paychecks for some of Lenexa’s city workers are on their way up. The Lenexa City Council unanimously approved a resolution at its Tuesday night meeting approving increases
By Roxie Hammill Streaming video of Overland Park City Council meetings may be available as early as April. A city council committee decided Wednesday to take the first step toward
Prairie Village has seen increased compliance with its regulations for things like peeling paint and unkempt lawns since the city approved additional staff hours for its codes enforcement department in late 2015.
For Sollie Flora and Hillary Parker Thomas, reading the news had gotten to be exhausting. There were fresh horrors coming out of Washington, D.C., and Topeka at a steady clip.
Over the past two decades, the proportion of minority residents in Johnson County cities has trended steadily upward. The make up of the area’s governing bodies, however, has remained overwhelmingly white and male.
By Jerry LaMartina Bill Nicks and Corey Hunt were sworn in this week as the Lenexa City Council’s newest members on the same evening the council was given a presentation
By Roxie Hammill People who can’t make the Monday night meetings of the Overland Park City Council have a new option, as council member Logan Heley begins to make good
By Jerry LaMartina The Shawnee City Council officially has three new members, elected Nov. 7 and sworn in at its Monday night meeting: Matthew Zimmerman, Ward 1; Justin Adrian, Ward
By Jerry LaMartina The proposed $113.2 million Westbrooke Green mixed-used development in the largely vacant and decaying Westbrooke Village Shopping Center at the northeast corner of 75th Street and Quivira
By Roxie Hammill The election that will put Gina Burke into the Ward 4 Overland Park City Council seat now held by Terry Goodman was decided more than five weeks ago,
By Jerry LaMartina Shawnee is officially on the hunt for a new city manager. At its Monday night meeting, the City Council authorized city staff to issue a request for
