Johnson County Government

CORRECTION: This story was updated on Tuesday, Aug. 11, to correct an error. The nonprofit plans to cover remaining costs not covered by other funding sources through a 20-year mortgage, not a 30-year mortgage. A 17-unit affordable housing project in...

The choices in November will be a lot simpler, now that primary elections are over. The names of the nominees themselves are still unofficial, but in the aftermath of polling Tuesday, voters can be assured that for the partisan races...

On to November, Johnson County! A consequential and busy primary election in Kansas just ended, and while vote totals are not officially final (that won't happen until the vote canvass on Aug. 14), we can still make some conclusions based...

Mike Kelly and Karen Crnkovich were the top two vote-getters in a three-way primary race for chair of the Johnson County commission on Tuesday night. Unofficial totals from the Johnson County Election Office on Tuesday showed Kelly earned roughly 57%...

Voters surged into Johnson County’s advance voting sites in the final days before Tuesday’s primary election. For the three hours early voting sites were open on Monday, more than 5,600 people cast ballots, making it the busiest Monday before an...

Below is the annual publication of delinquent property tax accounts that Johnson County government is required by state law to publish each year. A copy of this notice is also included in the Johnson County Post's print edition for...

As homeless numbers grow in Johnson County and housing costs continue to climb, county elected leaders find themselves increasingly at odds with one of the most prominent local organizations pushing for affordable housing solutions. The growing rift comes down to...

Wrangling between the county commission and Sheriff Calvin Hayden over preservation of Johnson County election ballots from years past is not over, even though the ballots have already been destroyed. State law requires the destruction of old ballots, but Attorney General...

Homes and businesses up and down Interstate 35, the Gardner-Edgerton area and western Olathe suffered more from the heat and humidity last summer than other parts of Johnson County, according to the results of a heat mapping study done...

The Johnson County commission approved a sheriff's office request for nearly $5 million to buy new Tasers, body cameras and other technology but only after some final haggling over how to pay for it. Ultimately, a divided commission at its...

County commissioners have taken the first step toward compliance with a state law that requires the destruction of ballots from past elections by voting to allow Chairman Mike Kelly to appoint two bipartisan observers to the process. The decision approved...

A plan to make Kansas Highway 10 safer and less congested — with options for road widening, an added express toll lane and overpasses or interchanges at Clare and Lone Elm roads —  was presented to county commissioners last...