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The Lawrence school board on Monday will vote on the district’s final 2023-24 budget, which would increase property taxes, and hear a proposal for a solar energy project.
Intolerable heat and humidity that hovered over Kansas last month set daily maximum temperature records across the state and rivaled all-time highs.
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Environmental activists plan to hold a peaceful demonstration to push for local climate action and for Evergy to close the coal-fired Lawrence Energy Center.
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Lawrence currently has unhealthy air quality because of wildfires more than 1,000 miles away.
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At an early age, Alexis Nikole Nelson formed a habit of eating items straight from the dirt outdoors.
It wasn’t as concerning as it seems.
Fewer Kansas farmers are signing up to grow hemp each year, likely because of the diminishing demand for CBD oil. But hemp advocates say there are markets for hemp fiber and grains that could still be a boon for Kansas.
Ken Lassman
This perennial sunflower Helianthus grosseserratus, or sawtooth sunflower, is displaying its two rows of bracts, which combined are called the involucre.
Kansas regulators approved a robust set of energy efficiency programs for Evergy customers after concerns the deal might fall apart.
Ken Lassman
If you look closely at the sweet coneflowers, you will see sweat bees pollinating them while eating the nectar. Food for the bees, seeds for the flowers: an ancient win-win arrangement worked out over millions of years of practice.
Tall thistle is a native thistle that provides nectar to a wide number of pollinators, including this great spangled fritillary butterfly.
