Michael Ashcraft News Today

The AG’s office called on Johnson County to make some changes with how the commission holds closed meetings.

Some questioned the spending of “taxpayers’ time and resources” to investigate the claim.

This member of the Johnson County Board of Commissioners filed a complaint with the state attorney general’s office about a meeting this summer.

Former Macomb County prosecutor Eric Smith and former Wayne County Judge Tracy Green got big breaks instead of the justice we deserved.

With the county committing $1 million in federal funds, a Habitat for Humanity project at 159th Street and Blackbob Road will allow eligible applicants to own and collect partial equity on their homes, while the land remains in a trust so it can remain available to low-income buyers in the future.

The new rules will stop the streaming of public comments at commission meetings and require residents to give their comments either in person or in writing. New chair Mike Kelly said that misinformation spread on livestreams could lose the county access to its YouTube channel.

The Roeland Park mayor is set to become the next chair of the Johnson County Board of County Commissioners, defeating current district 6 Commissioner Charlotte O’Hara. The two candidates held widely divergent views on a number of key issues, including election security, property taxes and climate change.

While the Johnson County Commission chair’s office is nonpartisan, Kelly and O’Hara are far apart ideologically on key issues.

This judge lied under oath about her sons abuse of her grandchildren and so she should be kicked off the bench in Detroit, says an oversight panel.

Judicial Tenure Commission has concluded she committed misconduct in lying about the child abuse of her grandsons by her son.