UPDATED: Judge upholds Kobach opinion opposing JoCo sales tax renewal

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(Updated to include comments from attorney general, county commission chair and to reflect county commission action)

A Shawnee County judge on Tuesday upheld an attorney general's opinion saying that Johnson County exceeded its authority to ask voters to renew a public safety sales tax to fund mental health and emergency medical services.

District Judge Jay Befort sided with Attorney General Kris Kobach that the county exceeded its authority when it proposed a ballot . . .

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