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Mayor Michael Boehm will retire after serving five terms as Lenexa's mayor — the longest serving mayor in the city's history. Since he took office, the city's population has grown by nearly 20,000 residents and the downtown has been reimagined.

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas says that millions of dollars in revenue could be generated if voters in April approve taxes on recreational marijuana and short-term rentals. But how would that money be used?

Unified Government Commissioners approved a measure that will let them have more say in what ordinances make it to a vote. Mayor Tyrone Garner said the move amounted to "political backstabbing."

"I think we need to do a better job of understanding what are the concerns — particularly of Black officers," says Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas in response to the Department of Justice's probe into the Kansas City Police Department.

CEO and Mayor Tyrone Garner discusses corruption within the police department, redistricting, taxes and infrastructure.

Kansans went to the polls on Tuesday to decide a number of critical races, including the next mayors of Overland Park and Kansas City, Kansas. Hear about the results of those elections, plus a number of school board races that became battlegrounds for controversial national issues.

Skoog, who has been on the Overland Park city council for 16 years and is currently council president. He will replace longtime incumbent Carl Gerlach, who did not run for re-election.

Mayor David Alvey seeks a second term and says he has guided the Unified Government responsibly during the pandemic. Challenger Tyrone Garner says the community demands tax relief, help for neglected neighborhoods and more engaged leadership.

In an effort to stimulate the local economy, Choose Topeka has been offering qualifying candidates $10,000 to $15,000 to relocate to the capital city of Kansas.

Mayor Quinton Lucas says there is 'nothing secretive' about the city's bid process for the food and retail contract for KCI's new terminal.

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

A health center in Kansas City is going door to door to spread the word about COVID-19 vaccines, a summary of the candidates running for Overland Park mayor and federal grant money was less for restaurants east of Troost than for those west of the avenue.