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El Dorado’s 1% sales tax on ballot next month
On the ballot in November: “Shall the city retailers’ sales tax in the amount of one percent be extended for a period of five years from and after the first day of October 2019, in the City of El Dorado,…
Pittsburg, KS Airport to Receive Infrastructure Improvements
The City of Pittsburg receives more than $600,000 in grants to improve the infrastructure at the Atkinson Municipal Airport. The City will pay for a portion of the projects, with grants coming from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the…
Edgerton renews sheriff’s contract
Edgerton City Council approved a recommendation to renew an agreement with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department for the law enforcement services for fiscal year 2019. The agreement calls for the city to pay the sheriff’s department $310,459. a five percent…
Prairie Village set to reveal proposed solution to persistent flooding along Mission Road
In the span of just a few weeks last summer, torrential rains sent Brush Creek pouring over its banks in Prairie Village twice, threatening motorists on Mission Road and causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to homes and…
Kansas Attorney General Opinion 2018-14: Asset forfeiture funds used to pay salaries
Synopsis: Asset forfeiture funds credited to a special prosecutor's trust fund pursuant to K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 60-4117(c)(3)(A) may be used to pay for salaries only if the county or district attorney or other governmental agency's attorney determines the expenditure is…
In effort to reduce no-shows, Lawrence Municipal Court will test having clerks call defendants with reminders
There are people who skip court on purpose. Sometimes repeatedly. Then there are people who miss court because they forgot, or wrote down the wrong day or time. Lawrence Municipal Court is going to try something new in hopes of…
Lawrence hopes to work with KU to research unified government; county still not interested
Lawrence’s city leaders resolved Tuesday to do further research into a unified city-county government, but a day later, Douglas County commissioners restated that they were not interested in the idea of unification. The Lawrence City Commission, whose members had first…
Lawrence leaders remove $1M insurance requirement for Airbnbs and other short-term rentals
City leaders decided that they will not require Airbnb and other short-term rental operators to carry insurance. When the Lawrence City Commission voted Sept. 19 to require permits and licenses for short-term rentals, some said they were unsure about a…
Douglas County to hear information on modular cells as possible solution to jail overcrowding
Douglas County Undersheriff Gary Bunting will provide county commissioners on Wednesday with information on the cost of installing portable, modular cell units at the county jail and will discuss the pros and cons of their use in addressing overcrowding. Last…
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