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The Unified Government of Wyandotte County officially adopted its 2026 budget for the county and the city of Kansas City, Kansas. But it didn't pass without stirring up some concern in the community.

Under the new budget, property taxes in the city and the county will be going up.

"Why are you raising the taxes and I'm already struggling?" asked Bishop C.H. Liggins with Renewed Hope House of Worship in Kansas City, Kansas.

Bishop Liggins hears these concerns from his church members every week. Just two weeks before the deadline, Wyandotte County voted to raise the mill rate by 1.5 in the city and by 2 in the county.

"It's going to be a domino effect," Liggins said. "Every aspect of Wyandotte County is going to feel this."

Those community concerns are w

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