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this WEEK'S STORIes, june 26, 2026

Pictured: A $20 bill sits atop the city agenda item for the new ordinance (background photo credit: vote.gov).

On Wednesday, a referendum form was filed – to overturn a nearly $20 fee implemented by the city council as an add-on charge to monthly residential utility bills. It was submitted by Greg Ellis who, with supporters, must attain enough signatures on the petition to qualify for a voter ballot. ...Continued

Pictured: The school board meeting this week where the new budget was approved.

The Central School District Board voted this past week to accept the 2026-27 budget that includes a plan to provide mental health service ...Continued

Pictured: Doug Gray at City Hall this week, after the city council vote for the fee.

The following editorial statement was submitted by a resident who spoke recently at the final Independence budget session. ...Continued

last WEEK'S STORIes, june 19, 2026

Pictured: City Councilor Dawn Roden reading a letter that asks for privacy. (Photo: City YouTube channel)

Trammart News is publishing a letter read by Councilor Dawn Roden at the last city council meeting. Several individuals contacted this news outlet over past months to register concern with allegedly poor decorum in council chambers – conduct seen as inappropriate. ...Continued

Pictured: The city's fiscal recovery plan; Inset: A concerning finding by S&P Global.

A review of Independence’s credit rating by the financial services firm S&P Global shows the city has an investment-grade rating of “A,” but its general-obligation debt rate dipped from stable to negative this year....Continued

Pictured: Table provided by Polk County Sheriff's Office showing increases in service.

Polk County Sheriff's deputies increased traffic stops 26% over last year's numbers, which rose from 807 to 1,017 – but even those results aren't lessening concern about speeding motorists on Highway 22. ...Continued

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