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  Roxie Hammill  May 29, 2020 - Johnson County Government

Angry split on county commission emerges over COVID-19 public health guidelines and reopening

A badly split and at times angry county commission broke down in confusion Thursday over what its role should be in advising future safe practices for businesses now that Gov.

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  Roxie Hammill  May 19, 2020 - Environment

Commissioners question whether Johnson County Household Hazardous Waste program should continue in present form

With less than two weeks to go before its contract runs out, the Johnson County Household Hazardous Waste program has hit a snag at the county commission. Discussion of a

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  Roxie Hammill  May 08, 2020 - Johnson County Government

A strong critic of stay-at-home order, County Commission Vice Chair Mike Brown encourages followers to ‘exercise your rights’ with court hearings

County Commissioner Mike Brown, an outspoken skeptic of restrictions that have kept non-essential businesses closed for six weeks, is putting the word out that the courts are an option for

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  Roxie Hammill  Apr 24, 2020 - Johnson County Government

JoCo Election Office will send out vote-by-mail application to every voter in county

Interest in mail-in voting is so high this year that the Johnson County Election office is for the first time ever getting ready to send out ballot applications to every

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  Roxie Hammill  Apr 21, 2020 - Johnson County Government

Some on county commission say they want more business owners on new Recovery Planning Task Force

The first step to re-opening the county for business got bogged down for a bit Monday, as Johnson County Commissioners came to a standstill on who should be represented on

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  Roxie Hammill  Apr 03, 2020 - Johnson County Government

Early projections have Johnson County government losing $18-$38 million in tax revenue due to pandemic

The county could lose anywhere from $18 million to $38 million in tax revenues due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the earliest projections prepared by budget director Scott Neufeld.

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  Roxie Hammill  Mar 30, 2020 - Johnson County Government

Economic fallout from coronavirus casts pall over budget planning for Johnson County government

Note: The Shawnee Mission Post is making all coverage of the coronavirus pandemic accessible to non-subscribers. (If you value having a local news source covering the situation in our community, we

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  Roxie Hammill  Mar 10, 2020 - Johnson County Government

Johnson County Commission considers new facility to replace aging mental health, health services buildings

Recently lowered interest rates could put a new county health services building planned for Olathe on the fast track. Johnson County Commissioners meeting Thursday (March 12) will begin to consider

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  Roxie Hammill  Mar 06, 2020 - Johnson County Government

Parents demand action after stray bullet hits car carrying kids home from soccer

It should have been a happy ending to a fun-packed day. A girls’ soccer game near the Legends had just ended and Dan Huntington said he needed to stay behind

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  Roxie Hammill  Feb 06, 2020 - Johnson County Government

Johnson County says Chiefs Super Bowl parade shuttle service was ‘overwhelming success’

The shuttle bus system set up to get Johnson Countians to the Chiefs parade was an “overwhelming success,” with around 20,000 people moved Wednesday, said Josh Powers, business liaison for

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  Roxie Hammill  Jan 31, 2020 - Transportation

Johnson County commission opens public comment period on bus route reductions despite 2 members’ concerns

People who ride the bus and their allies gave the Johnson County Commission an hour’s worth of reasons they should think twice before cutting routes and reducing service as planned

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  Leah Wankum  Jan 02, 2020 - Construction

Shawnee Mission area projects abound in 2020 list of county’s road, stormwater management initiatives

Johnson County has plans to fund more than $35.3 million in improvements to local roadways and stormwater systems in 2020. More than half of roadway projects directly support improvements in

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  Roxie Hammill  Dec 13, 2019 - Johnson County Government

JoCo looks at expanding microtransit to lower income neighborhoods, cutting back on bus routes

Service area for Johnson County’s micro transit pilot program will likely be expanded in coming months to include more low-income neighborhoods. But some of the regular bus routes are still

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