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Noah Taborda/Kansas Reflector
Kansas House votes to override governor’s veto of lowered concealed carry age, controversial license plate
The Kansas House moved Monday to override the governor’s veto of a package of distinctive license plates, drawing the ire of Democrats for the inclusion of a plate which they say honors a notorious slave trader.
Screenshot via Kansas Athletics
New KU football coach Leipold: ‘This is the place I want to be for a very, very long time’
As he was officially introduced as the new football coach at the University of Kansas on Monday morning, Lance Leipold made clear that stability has been the main detriment to the program’s lack of success over the past 12 seasons.
Haskell faculty takes vote of no confidence in vice president
Less than a month after issuing a unanimous vote of no confidence in the president of Haskell Indian Nations University, faculty on Friday took another vote of no confidence — this time regarding one of Graham’s vice presidents.
Ken Lassman
Kaw Valley Almanac for May 3 – May 9, 2021
In area woodlands, black locusts and May apples are blooming as are strawberries, while wild cherry blossoms are winding down.
Drone Lawrence / dronelawrence.com
Here are the details from new KU football coach Lance Leipold’s 6-year contract
Kansas Athletics has released the full six-year, 22-page contract for new football coach Lance Leipold, whose hire was announced Friday.
Kelly Thompson
Free State wins second consecutive state speech championship; Lawrence High takes 6th
Free State and Lawrence high school speech students have big reasons to celebrate: Both teams had students crowned state champions in events Saturday.
The Crystal Image
Student emergency fund will honor retiring director of theatre at KU
KU’s Department of Theatre & Dance wants to ensure Katherine Pryor’s legacy and values live on through an endowed student emergency fund that will prioritize helping students from historically oppressed populations, according to the department.
Olivia Schwyhart/andromeda.beans on Instagram
Andromeda’s kittens: At 4 weeks, growing, learning, and climbing
Andromeda’s kittens at 4 weeks old: Instincts are taking over, and their climbing skills are improving!
Celia Llopis-Jepsen / Kansas News Service
From taxes to transgender athletes, Republicans in Kansas Legislature look to override governor’s vetoes
The Republican Senate president blasted the governor for striking down bills ranging from tax cuts to restrictions on transgender athletes. Here are four of the top policies that lawmakers may clash over.
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Shannon Portillo: Colleges should not cut DEI staff if they want to retain faculty of color (Column)
“I will not stay silent as numbers of tenured faculty continue to decrease and diversity, equity and inclusion staff get pushed to the margins,” Shannon Portillo writes.
Justice Stegall denounces Kansas Supreme Court’s refusal to overrule ‘black mark’ decision
Justice Caleb Stegall argued the court should have gone further to overrule a decision allowing discrimination against fetuses with severe disabilities.
Kansas legislator arrested after wild rant, altercation at Wellsville school
TOPEKA — Rep. Mark Samsel was arrested on a charge of misdemeanor battery for a […]
Lesley Ann Isherwood assures kindness, integrity on Kansas Court of Appeals
Lesley Ann Isherwood, formerly senior assistant district attorney of Sedgwick County, was sworn in Friday to the Kansas Court of Appeals. She fills a vacancy left by Judge Steve Leben’s resignation.
Ask Cody: Can you introduce your dog, Monét? (Column)
Q: Dear Cody, can you introduce your dog, Monét?
A: I thought you’d never ask!
Tricia Masenthin
Local group encourages Douglas County to recognize teacher, school staff contributions
Some Douglas County parents are organizing to thank teachers for all their contributions during a tumultuous year that included a global pandemic.
Tom Harper/@lawrencemodern
A view of Lawrence: Spring flowers come and go
Tulips are on their way out and irises are on their way in, Tom Harper, […]
Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector
Evergy to shutter Lawrence coal plant, speed transition to renewable energy
Evergy will retire its coal power plant in Lawrence by the end of 2023, the […]
Kansas housing crisis squashing opportunity for lower-income homebuyers
A virtual forum on housing issues in Douglas and Shawnee counties is set for May 19.
Drone Lawrence/dronelawrence.com
KU football hires Buffalo coach Lance Leipold as program’s 40th coach
The University of Kansas has the next leader of its embattled football program. Weeks after […]
Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector
Kobach campaign for attorney general triggers rebuke from Kansas Chamber
Former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach launched a campaign Thursday for the Republican nomination for attorney general and came under fire from the state’s most influential business lobbying organization that declared a Kobach candidacy carried too much risk for Kansans.
Audrey Basham
From chaos to creativity: Lawrence High artists capture pandemic emotions in photos
Lawrence High School students share photos and writings from their portfolio class during the COVID-19 pandemic.
August Rudisell/The Lawrence Times
Photos: Crews assess how to return Kaw Nation’s prayer rock
Crews were at work Thursday morning in Lawrence to determine how exactly to move a massive boulder in order to return it to its rightful owners.
Lawrence Humane Society
Paw Valley Challenge kicks off Saturday; you can be on Sugar the Community Resource Cat’s team
The Lawrence Humane Society’s Paw Valley Challenge begins Saturday. No team? No problem — all are welcome on Sugar’s team.
It’s Cody! Meet Lawrence Times columnist Cody Charles
“I’ve chosen to spend my energy protecting, advocating for, loving on, breathing life into and creating possibility for quite frankly the most brilliant, the bravest, the baddest Blackest queerest people on earth,” Cody Charles writes.
