Kansas City Kansas (KCK)

The Kansas Board of Tax Appeals sided with Nebraska Furniture Mart's protest of its tax bill in Wyandotte County in the latest of so-called "dark store theory" cases.

Despite expressing cautious optimism over a recent decline in new cases of COVID-19, officials with the the Unified Government Public Health Department said positivity rates are too high to drop masks.

The Kansas City, Kansas Community College has proposed a $70 million expansion for an educational center downtown aimed at addressing poverty and lack of jobs. But the plan requires tearing down the abandoned, but culturally significant, Seventh Street Methodist Episcopal Church.

In Kansas, voter registration groups are suing to stop a new elections law. Some organizations have stopped doing voter drives for fear of charges being filed against their volunteers.

While pandemic food aid programs have ended, organizations like Cross-Lines are searching for long-term solutions to increase food access.

Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday showed that 508,000 people now call Kansas City home, while Platte and Clay Counties are growing at even faster rates than the city.

The Unified Government of Wyandotte County Commission voted 8-2 Thursday to impose a mask mandate for indoor gatherings in response to the rebounding pandemic.

Voters also chose candidates for commission seats, sheriff and the Board of Public Utilities.

An ordinance that could benefit thousands in the Kansas county has yet to make it through the unified government's board of commissioners.

Health officials are urging Wyandotte and Johnson Counties to consider updating their health orders after Kansas City, Missouri, announced a new mask mandate.

In her second run for the position, Witt was not shy in her criticism of incumbent CEO/Mayor David Alvey.

The former state senator wants to see utility costs lowered for Kansas City, KS residents.