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Kansas gubernatorial candidates push Legislature to eliminate or reduce food sales tax
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and Attorney General Derek Schmidt are calling on the Legislature to eliminate or reduce the state sales tax on food in Kansas.
Kansas Children’s Cabinet makes $582K investment in Lawrence child care
Community stakeholders are hopeful a grant of more than $500,000 for an early childhood education center in Lawrence will help meet the basic needs of families with young children and allow for improved workforce retention.
Mackenzie Clark
No new judge in Carrody Buchhorn’s case, court rules
The Douglas County District Court has denied a motion for a change of judge after the defendant’s derogatory statements in private phone calls about the judge assigned to her murder case were publicized by prosecutors.
Ken Lassman
Kaw Valley Almanac for Nov. 8-14, 2021
If you are a daytime person, find a sweet gum tree like this one and watch the star-shaped leaves falling to the ground this week.
Carlos Moreno / KCUR 89.3
Thousands of uninsured Kansans qualify for free health insurance with federal subsidies
The annual window has opened to enroll in insurance plans through Healthcare.gov. Got questions? Local health clinics employ navigators who can help.
August Rudisell/The Lawrence Times file photo
Lawrence school board to weigh pandemic relief funds proposal, leasing rate for Kennedy Early Childhood Center
The Lawrence school board on Monday will consider a proposal for use of COVID-19 relief funds, an agreement to lease space at Kennedy Early Childhood Center to community partners and more.
August Rudisell / Lawrence Times file photo
Juvenile hit by car and injured in Lawrence; driver flees scene, scanner indicates
A juvenile person was struck by a car and injured around 6:20 p.m. in the 1600 block of Harper Street on the east side of Lawrence, scanner traffic indicated. The driver reportedly fled the scene.
Kansas capital punishment abolitionist: ‘We aren’t good enough to kill people’
Since 1973, a Buhler Mennonite Church pastor said, 186 people sentenced to death in the United States had been exonerated. “What if we had killed them?”
August Rudisell/The Lawrence Times
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical chief to retire
Shaun Coffey, chief of Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical, announced Friday that he plans to retire at the end of this year.
August Rudisell/The Lawrence Times
Multiple young women attacked near KU campus, Lawrence police say
Four women were victims of attacks, and two of them suffered head injuries, in the early morning hours of Halloween near the University of Kansas campus, according to Lawrence police.
Kansas lawmakers consider requiring physical evaluation for child abuse claims
Child welfare advocates and Kansas lawmakers are pushing to amend a law mandating visual observation of victims in child abuse investigations to include a physical evaluation by a health professional.
Kansas trails U.S. average in nursing home staff vaccinations as federal deadline looms
Kansas and Missouri both have large swaths of nursing home staff to get vaccinated before a federal deadline next month.
Kansas governor, attorney general both oppose federal vaccine mandate
The two prominent candidates for governor in next year’s election share at least one political stance. They both say President Joe Biden’s latest COVID-19 vaccine mandate is bad for Kansas.
Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector
Flyover coming up at KU to honor veterans
The rumble of low-flying aircraft will return to Lawrence Friday and Saturday as part of the Salute to Service celebration to thank veterans at the Sunflower Showdown.
Lucie Krisman / The Lawrence Times
Survey says most respondents like Lawrence’s parklets
Most visitors to downtown Lawrence like the parking stalls-turned-al fresco dining spaces and would use them in the long term, according to the city’s recent survey.
Anti-masker’s profane outburst targeting Kansas Reflector editor restored to video recording
An anti-masker’s profane outburst targeting Kansas Reflector editor Sherman Smith is now posted online after initially being edited out of a video of a Kansas legislative committee meeting, prompting concerns about the legislature’s transparency.
Clay Wirestone: Following anti-CRT wins, expect dangerous hogwash in 2022 Kansas elections (Column)
“In short, every single debunked bit of irrational absurdity we’ve heard over the last few months — in Kansas and nationwide — will be repeated ad nauseam” in Kansas’ 2022 elections, Clay Wirestone writes in this column for Kansas Reflector.
Emmanuel Ramírez/Contributed Photo
A moment in Lawrence: Remembering those who died in conditions of homelessness
Local groups Somos Lawrence and the DARE (Drop-In And Rest) Center organized a Día de los Muertos remembrance on Monday to honor unhoused people who have died in Lawrence.
Contributed
Prom Dress Lawrence opens its closet for teens on Saturday, seeks donations and volunteers
Area middle- and highschoolers looking to refresh their formal wear for an upcoming event have an opportunity to visit a pop-up shop where everything’s free.
Rabbi, Democratic legislator urge Kansas GOP to denounce COVID-19 critiques tied to Holocaust
Rabbi Mark Levin and Democratic state Rep. Dan Osman requested Thursday the Kansas Republican Party condemn comparisons of mask or vaccination mandates to the genocidal campaign by Nazis to murder 6 million Jewish people during the Holocaust.
Zach Arquette / Courtesy of the Indigenous Community Center
Indigenous Community Center to host music, poetry, art show Saturday in Lawrence
Celebrate this Native American Heritage Month with the Indigenous Community Center (ICC)’s Music, Poetry and Art Bazaar, coming up this Saturday.
Kansas health officials launching COVID-19 vaccination program for children ages 5-11
The state of Kansas expects to receive 128,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week to begin the process of voluntarily inoculating children ages 5 to 11 following the federal government’s approval of a shot for younger kids, Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday.
Douglas County Commission looks to evaluate competing criminal defense proposals
With two proposals for local misdemeanor defense offices on the table, Douglas County commissioners voiced some concerns and established a process Wednesday to evaluate their options.
August Rudisell / The Lawrence Times
How your 5- to 11-year-olds can get the COVID-19 vaccine in Douglas County
Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health is ready to start registering kids ages 5-11 for COVID-19 vaccine clinics, the department announced Wednesday.
