The forecast for Wyandotte County and the Kansas City area will be dry with temperatures in the 40s, according to the National Weather Service.
While some precipitation or light snow is possible tonight about a hundred miles to the east of Wyandotte County, there is no precipitation in the Wyandotte County forecast. A strong front will move down into the Plains.
Today, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 45 and a light and variable wind becoming west northwest 9 to 14 mph in the morning, the weather service said. Winds may gust as high as 20 mph.
Tonight, it will be partly cloudy, with a low of 25 and a northwest wind of 11 to 14 mph, gusting as high as 20 mph, according to the weather service.
Saturday, it will be sunny with a high near 42, and a northwest wind of 5 to 11 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon, the weather service said.
Saturday night, it will be mostly clear, with a low of 34, according to the weather service. A calm wind will become southwest 5 to 8 mph in the evening, and winds may gust as high as 21 mph.
Sunday, it will be sunny, with a high near 49 and a northwest wind of 5 to 10 mph, gusting as high as 23 mph, the weather service said.
Sunday night, it will be mostly clear, with a low of 29, according to the weather service.
Monday, it will be partly sunny, with a high near 48, the weather service said.
Monday night, it will be partly cloudy, with a low of 30, according to the weather service.
Tuesday, it will be sunny, with a high near 41, the weather service said.
Tuesday night, it will be mostly clear, with a low of 26, according to the weather service.
Wednesday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 47, the weather service said.
Wednesday night, it will be mostly cloudy, with a low of 37, according to the weather service.
Thursday, it will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 50, the weather service said.
Topeka, Kansas – The Kansas Department of Revenue is seeing consistent growth in total tax receipts as it goes into the second half of fiscal year 2020, according to a news release.
The state saw $756.6 million in total tax collections for December; 5.4 percent or $38.6 million above the estimate. These collections are 10.1 percent or $69.7 million more than December of fiscal year 2019.
Individual income tax collections are $316.1 million; 3.3 percent or $10.1 million more than estimated. The largest growth compared to the estimate came from corporate income taxes at $90.7 million; 31.5 percent or $21.7 million more than estimated, according to KDOR.
Corporate income tax collections are 30.3 percent or $21.1 million more than the same month last fiscal year.
Retail sales tax collections were $200.9 million; 0.5 percent or $944,000 more than estimated. Compensating use tax collections were 2.1 percent or $794,100 more than estimated at $38.8 million; $821,400 more than the same month in fiscal year 2019, according to KDOR.
According to KDOR sales tax distribution records, Wyandotte County reported a 4.6 percent increase from December 2018 to December 2019, from $2.06 million to $2.15 million. While it is the December report, the sales tax distribution figures are from sales made a few months previously. There was a 6 percent increase from July-December 2018 to July-December 2019, according to KDOR figures.
Kansas City, Kansas, reported a 3 percent increase from December 2018 to December 2019, according to KDOR sales tax distribution records. The KCK increase was 5.1 percent for the July to December period.
State Sen. Kevin Braun, R-5th Dist., is planning a Town Hall meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, at the Bonner Springs City Library, 201 N. Nettleton, Bonner Springs.
Sen. Braun’s Town Hall meeting will be from 10 a.m. to noon. He plans to have a Town Hall meeting once a month.
On Jan. 4, Sen. Braun plans to review significant 2019 legislation, pending 2020 legislation and have questions and answers with constituents.
Registration for those who want to attend the meeting is online at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07egu3bu6p1cfd1e0a&oseq=&c=&ch=.
