Douglas County voters will choose a new district attorney and four out of five commissioners in Tuesday’s election. Here’s a glance at the candidates’ campaign contributions, expenditures and more.
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Douglas County voters have surpassed the previous record number of early in-person ballots cast — by more than 4,000 votes.
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A prescribed burn led by a KU professor at the KU Field Station Saturday morning will help ensure the area’s biodiversity and soil health in the future.
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Chants of “We are not going back” resounded in South Park, where hundreds showed up for a women’s rights rally Saturday morning despite the rain.
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Several dozen Lawrence community members gathered Friday to celebrate renovations to a KU lab that helps people with complex communication needs.
As construction work on Sixth Street in downtown Lawrence continues, the traffic patterns will change Monday, and drivers should anticipate delays.
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The City of Lawrence is seeking community members to serve on a budget committee whose meetings will not be open to the public, and “some confidentiality may be required during the process.”
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Riders will be able to get around on Lawrence Transit buses without paying a fare again for all of 2025.
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Downtown Lawrence’s annual trick-or-treating event drew flocks of people decked out in their Halloween costumes, including a massive praying mantis, several movie characters, and some feelings.
The board of regents of Haskell Indian Nations University and a prominent Indigenous studies professor urge developers of the proposed New Boston Crossing to search the site for children who could be buried in unmarked graves.
