Tyrone Garner

The Board of Commissioners of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas voted to allow property taxes to increase next year. But the county's financial issues remain and commissioners agreed there is waste to cut from the budget.

Almost a third of Wyandotte County's population is Hispanic or Latino. Activists have campaigned for the last 18 months for the election commissioner to voluntarily offer Spanish-language election materials.

The existing bridge over the Kansas River was built in 1959, and has been repaired numerous times. Funding for its replacement was rolled into a bipartisan infrastructure law approved by Congress.

The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department, fire department and Wyandotte County Sheriff all saw millions of dollars in cuts. The Unified Government had a $12 million budget hole after voting unanimously to freeze property taxes in June.

When Kansas lawmakers return to Topeka Tuesday for a special session, leaders expect to take up a plan to incentivize the teams to leave Kansas City and set up shop in Kansas.

Unified Government Mayor Tyrone Garner says that Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, are on a "pathway to complete financial ruin." But the idea of dissolving the Unified Government may not fix the underlying problems, and could make its finances worse.

Mayor Tyrone Garner said the Unified Government is headed towards "complete financial ruin," and wants to give the mayor's office more power. But the idea of breaking up Kansas City, Kansas, and Wyandotte County may not fix the underlying problems, and could make finances worse.

Citing mounting financial issues with the Unified Government, the mayors of the three biggest cities in Wyandotte County say they're open to hearing from residents about a different form of government.

Mayor Tyrone Garner removed Rick Behrens, a longtime social justice advocate who spoke out against the actions of former police detective Roger Golubski, from the Law Enforcement Advisory Board. Garner appointed Behrens just a year ago.

Kansas City, Kansas, Police and the Wyandotte County District Attorney’s office will offer more details Monday on plans to look at the decades of criminal cases connected to former KCKPD Detective Roger Golubski. Activists call police involvement in the review a "major red flag."

The Unified Government signed a one-year contract with a company to manage Parkwood Pool, which had closed because of the coronavirus and a lifeguard shortage.

An event Saturday with the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department encouraged police and community engagement, something residents say demonstrates the new chief is listening to them.