Orlin Wagner
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Associated Press
The county no longer has to make property assessment changes that would have upended a process mired by lawsuits and criticism from residents and county legislators.
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Claudia Brancart/KCUR 89.3Blanche began hosting Night Tides on KCUR 89.3 in 1994. Celebrate her anniversary this Thursday at Belger Crane Yard Studios. -
Carlos Moreno/KCUR 89.3Johnson County has until the end of the year to spend $6 million of federal COVID relief funds that were originally bookmarked for a Lenexa homeless shelter. Johnson County Commission chair Mike Kelly wants that money to still go towards housing solutions.
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