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Noah Taborda/@NoahTaborda
Attorney General Derek Schmidt to campaign for GOP gubernatorial nomination in 2022
TOPEKA — Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt took the political plunge Tuesday by confirming plans […]
August Rudisell/@KsScanner
Douglas County expands gathering limit to 50, removes operating hour restrictions on restaurants and bars
Starting Wednesday, bars and restaurants in Douglas County will no longer be subject to restricted […]
KU's Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity
Check out some upcoming lunch, evening virtual events planned for Women’s History Month
The Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity at the University of Kansas will […]
Conner Mitchell/@ConnerMitchell0
Dozens protest proposed cuts to graduate teaching positions at KU
While University of Kansas officials and representatives of the union that supports its roughly 1,100 […]
James Gathany/CDC
CDC: It’s OK for vaccinated grandparents to visit family if no risk for severe disease
Originally published in Kansas Reflector on March 8, 2021: WASHINGTON — People who are fully […]
Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
New estimate shows 126K more Kansans would enroll in Medicaid if expanded, but strong opposition remains
Originally published by Kansas Reflector on March 7, 2021: TOPEKA — New estimates of how […]
Chance Parker/@TheChanceParker
KU, Les Miles agree to part ways following sexual harassment allegations at LSU
Story updated at 10:07 p.m. The University of Kansas announced late Monday that it and […]
Drone Lawrence / dronelawrence.com
A view of Lawrence: A gorgeous day on Jayhawk Boulevard
Jayhawk Boulevard on the University of Kansas campus is pictured on Saturday, March 8, 2021. […]
Meet The Lawrence Times, part I: A note from the founder
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Kimberly Lopez: Repeat after me – Nonbinary does not equal androgyny (Column)
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Meet The Lawrence Times, part II: Why John Brown?
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Meet The Lawrence Times, part III: Frequently asked questions
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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.
August Rudisell/@KsScanner
Preview: Lawrence City Commission March 9 meeting
The Lawrence City Commission will meet virtually at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday. Here are a few highlights from the agenda.
@LawrenceFreedginKansas on Instagram, via Sayan Grover
Lawrence Freedgin Kansas: No one deserves to go hungry
Take what you need, give what you can. Lawrence Freedgin Kansas is a mutual aid free […]
Gary Rohman/FIRE
Haskell student journalist challenges school’s First Amendment restrictions in court
Haskell Indian Nations University is facing a lawsuit from its student newspaper after the school allegedly cut the paper’s funding and sought to prevent the editor from conducting newsgathering after critical coverage of the university.
Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector
Former Gov. Colyer takes step toward launching 2022 campaign for Kansas governor
Former Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer moved closer Friday to declaring a candidacy for the Republican Party’s nomination for governor in 2022 in what could be a competitive race against three-term Attorney General Derek Schmidt.
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House doubles down for KPERS by advancing $1 billion bond issue for pension system
Originally published by Kansas Reflector on March 6, 2021 TOPEKA — Kansas retiree advocate Ernie […]
Celia Llopis-Jepsen / Kansas News Service
Some COVID-19 tests come with ‘criminal’ prices, experts say, so get tested for free instead
Originally published by the Kansas News Service on March 1, 2021 A year into the […]
What the history of ‘Noose Road’ tells us about Kansas, race and the lynchings of Black men
Originally published by the Kansas News Service on March 2, 2021 HAYS, Kansas — On the […]
Our Times: We want to hear from you, Lawrence
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