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The Kansas secretary of state’s office ruled Wednesday that a Republican strategist’s filing of a minor party candidate nomination for longtime Democratic Sen. Marci Francisco was invalid.
The Lawrence City Commission voted 3-1 Tuesday to no longer broadcast the general public comment period and to move it to the very end of each meeting because of how some people have chosen to use the time.
The Downtown Transit Station Steering Committee will next pick some specific sites to suggest for a station location as the Lawrence City Commission approved their recommended site boundaries Tuesday evening.
The City of Lawrence will host a recycling event Saturday where Douglas County residents can safely dispose of electronic items.
”King is an example of why history matters and a testament of who gets lost in the retelling of history when certain stories, individuals and events are left out of the history books and public memory,” Shawn Alexander writes in this column.
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A scheduling conflict delayed Monday’s planned preliminary hearing for a man accused of shooting and killing a local musician in downtown Lawrence in March.
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Food and fun were both on the menu Monday as free summer lunches for kids returned to the Lawrence Public Library and launched at the Lawrence Arts Center.
The deadline to file to run for office passed at noon for this big election year. Here, find out which races will have primaries, which will be decided in the general election, which are unopposed, and who’s running in each of them.
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday will consider boundaries for a downtown transit station and decide whether the city should stop maintaining recordings of general public comment.
Tonda Hill, a Lawrence resident who is currently a prosecutor in Wyandotte County with a focus on sex crimes, is running as a Democrat for Douglas County district attorney.
