Over 77 percent of voters in the county approved the measure, which needed 60 percent approval to pass. This was the second ...

House and Senate Republicans who vowed to deliver property tax relief have yet to agree on a tax reform proposal to bring to the voters.

Sheriff Byron Roberson ends Johnson County, Kansas, election probe, reveals how much it cost taxpayers Jonathan Shorman - The Kansas City Star (TNS) Feb 4, 2025 ...

The outbreak includes 60 active cases in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE). That's the most since the 1950s ...

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So far, there have been 67 confirmed cases of active TB related to the outbreak. Kansas is facing one of the largest recorded tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history, according to local health ...

seven in Johnson County. "The current Kansas City, Kan. Metro tuberculosis outbreak is the largest documented outbreak in U.S. history, presently (since the 1950's when the Centers for Disease ...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says the tuberculosis outbreak in Wyandotte County and the Kansas City metro area is “unprecedented.” The Wyandotte County Public Health ...

67 people were being treated for active cases of tuberculosis as part of the outbreak in Kansas. There were 60 cases in Wyandotte County and seven in Johnson County. An additional 79 people in the ...

Kansas, shown here, where high school cheerleaders helped publicize the program at a homecoming football game. Johnson County recorded 93 suicide deaths in 2023, down from 122 the previous year.

Correction & clarification: This story has been updated to correct when the outbreak began. It’s January 2024. Health officials in Kansas have reported a tuberculosis outbreak in the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in the Kansas City area is now the "largest documented outbreak in U.S. history," Kansas health officials said Monday. The Kansas Department ...