The Lawrence Times runs opinion columns written by community members with varying perspectives on local issues. Occasionally, we’ll also pick up columns from other nearby news outlets. These pieces do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Times staff.
The Lawrence Times does not publish staff editorials (unsigned opinion columns, usually about the topics we cover, that many news publications run).
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OPINION COLUMNS
Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector; file
Max Kautsch: Kansas AG Derek Schmidt falls short on enforcing open records law (Column)
KORA’s guiding precept is that it “shall be liberally construed to promote” the state’s policy that government records be reasonably available to the public. Unfortunately, in recently ruling on a KORA complaint filed by Kansas Reflector, Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s office did the opposite, Max Kautsch writes.
C.J. Janovy: Roger Marshall’s obsession with trans kids in sports is unhealthy for everyone (Column)
C.J. Janovy, of Kansas Reflector, speaks with Lawrence life coach Jay Pryor about U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall’s push for an anti-trans sports bill.
Kimberly Lopez: Repeat after me – Nonbinary does not equal androgyny (Column)
Note: The Lawrence Times runs opinion columns and letters to the Times written by community […]
Kirsten Kuhn: Lawrence should lift regulations to ease housing crisis (Column)
Column: Kirsten Kuhn writes that lifting Lawrence’s property use restrictions could alleviate some of the city’s affordable housing problem.
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