Legislature, Taxes
Kansas constitutional assessment limit failed due to “no” votes from both Democrats and Republicans(The Sentinel) — What was probably the last attempt to put an assessment limit on the ballot this year to protect taxpayers from exorbitant, unaffordable valuation hikes failed yesterday, with… Read More
Crime, Kansas City
Kansas City suspect who repeatedly evaded prosecution by Wyandotte County pleads guilty to later killing two of its deputiesA Kansas City man who evaded prosecution in a string of other killings and violent crimes has now pleaded guilty to subsequently murdering two Wyandotte County, Kansas, sheriff’s… Read More
Crime
County’s jail bookings reveal hidden immigrant crime wave in Kansas City areaJesus Aguilar-Santos appears to have been in Wyandotte County, Kansas’ custody six times over 11 years. Yet, it was apparently only after the Mexican national allegedly hit and killed… Read More
Investigations
Wyandotte County DA, who vows ‘independent’ probes into alleged police misconduct, chose to investigate his own departmentWyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree has made a huge point of investigating police for alleged misconduct. But a new lawsuit claims he wanted to… Read More
State Government
Wyandotte County courts brought to near standstill by cyber attack, still operating in pre-computer-era modeThe mid-April cyber attack on Wyandotte County has absolutely crippled the courts, leaving them still unable to hold many hearings or even summon jurors for trial. Read More
State Government
Wyandotte County was warned over three months ago of malware in its databases and ‘did absolutely nothing about it’Wyandotte County IT officials were warned there was malware in their databases about three months before they alerted government leaders to a devastating ransom cyber attack, multiple sources… Read More
State Government
Wyandotte County cyber attack went on for three days before being reported; officials not ‘laying out’ seriousness of itA devastating ransom attack on Wyandotte County databases went undetected for two days, then unreported for a third, according to two new sources speaking confidentially to… Read More
State Government
In months before cyber attack, Wyandotte County failed to fill an open cyber security analyst jobMonths before a damaging ransom attack on Wyandotte County databases, the city-county government had approved a new position of cyber security analyst – but it was never filled… Read More
State Government
Sources: Hack of Wyandotte County data was a ransom attack, perhaps by Russian operativesThe hack of Wyandotte County data bases last week was actually a ransom attack, perhaps by Russian operatives, and county officials are severely downplaying the extent of the… Read More
State Government
Bill to limit sanctuary cities and municipal IDs clears Kansas House, now on to SenateA bill to preclude sanctuary city laws and limit the reach of “municipal IDs,” such as the ones coming in Wyandotte County, was approved by the Kansas House… Read More
State Government
Wyandotte County declares itself a sanctuary city-county. Is it wise, or even legal?The Unified Government of Kansas City, Kansas/Wyandotte County voted Thursday night to essentially become a sanctuary city for illegal immigrants. Local… Read More
State Government
Wyandotte County DA ‘doesn’t like police officers,’ say observers – and his actions say the sameLike other far-left prosecutors on each coast, Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree has a well-documented record of being soft on crime. His record is… Read More