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Lawrence becomes first city in Kansas to pass CROWN Act ordinance banning race-based hair discrimination
The Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday soundly adopted a local ordinance protecting people from racial discrimination based on hair, making Lawrence the first city in Kansas to do so.
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The Raven Book Store’s bestsellers for Aug. 15, 2023 (Sponsored post)
”Nothing can unseat the mighty ’Embattled Lawrence 2,’ which officially launches with a party Aug. 15 at Merchants. Hope to see you there!” the Raven Book Store writes.
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Civil War on the Border event series to offer tours, lectures, gospel music
Douglas County’s largest heritage festival will return this weekend, offering Civil War-era tours and lectures and sharing stories of resilience.
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KU releases renderings of Memorial Stadium renovation; Goff: ‘Unprecedented investment’ makes statement for the future
Kansas Athletics on Tuesday released its most detailed renderings yet of plans to overhaul David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium and the surrounding area.
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Sports Pavilion Lawrence to close for maintenance
Sports Pavilion Lawrence will close for maintenance and resurfacing starting Monday, Aug. 21, though some programs will still use the building while the work is underway, the city announced Tuesday.
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Dolly Parton celebrates statewide expansion in Kansas of literacy program for children
Musician and literacy advocate Dolly Parton celebrated with Gov. Laura Kelly Kansas’ statewide expansion of a program delivering to children an age-appropriate book each month through their fifth birthday.
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Kansas continues to break legal promise to children in foster care system, report shows
An independent evaluation of the Kansas foster care system showed the state, for a second year in a row, failed to make progress in several key areas, and had even more children sleeping in offices than the previous year.
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Lawrence school board approves district’s maximum budget for publication; hearings for final approval set
Property taxes might increase as a result of the Lawrence school district’s increased mill levy, which the Lawrence school board gave initial approval Monday.
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Lawrence school board narrowly approves First Management tax breaks
The Lawrence school board on Monday voted 4-3 to approve tax breaks for First Management Inc. to renovate a downtown building into its new corporate headquarters.
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CROWN Act supporters share accounts of race-based hair discrimination and how proposed Lawrence ordinance would address inequities
Grassroots proponents of the CROWN Act gathered Monday to push for approval of anti-discrimination protections to give people of color freedom to wear their hair as they wish.
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Snapchat messages by Lawrence boy’s alleged shooter contained racial slurs, violence, evidence shows
The same day a 14-year-old Lawrence boy was killed, his alleged shooter had been using social media to send messages full of racial slurs and insinuating violence, according to testimony.
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Marion newspaper’s lawyer chastises police for treating newspaper as ‘drug cartel,’ ‘street gang’
The Society of Professional Journalists’ board unanimously offered $20,000 to the Marion County Record for legal costs in wake of the seizure of newspaper and personal property by local law enforcement.
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Clay Wirestone: Powerful voices speak up for Kansas paper after shocking raid. Meanwhile, where’s the affidavit? (Column)
“The question isn’t whether reporters are above the law. It’s whether Marion law enforcement is above the law,” Clay Wirestone writes in this Kansas Reflector column.
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Kaw Valley Almanac for Aug. 14-20, 2023
Douglas County creatively hired some goats to eat down the ragweed on a very steep slope that has been planted back to prairie at Wells Overlook Park. They should have the offending weeds eaten down in 4-7 days.
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KBI director on Marion County newspaper raid: Media is not ‘above the law’
The top law enforcement officer in Kansas appeared to justify a Marion County search warrant that led to an unprecedented raid on a local newspaper and potentially contributed to the death of the paper’s co-owner.
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Statewide policy bans trans girls from girls’ sports; Lawrence school district ‘will not waver’ in support of students
A new statewide policy bars transgender girls from girls’ sports, but the Lawrence school district is still evaluating what compliance will look like and voicing support for trans and gender-nonconforming students and employees.
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Obituary: John Ralph Guy
John Ralph Guy, 5/26/1942 – 8/8/2023
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Police defend raid on Kansas newspaper amid backlash over ‘brazen violation of press freedom’
Marion County police on Saturday defended their unprecedented raid on a newspaper office and the publisher’s home, and the publisher’s mother died from stress.
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Lawrence school board, Douglas County Commission to consider tax breaks for First Management headquarters
The Lawrence school board and Douglas County Commission will soon weigh whether to give First Management Inc. tax breaks to renovate a downtown building into its new corporate headquarters.
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Lawrence school board to consider budget that would raise property taxes, hear report on social media addiction
The Lawrence school board on Monday will consider approving the district’s proposed maximum budget for the upcoming year, which would increase property taxes.
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Lawrence City Commission to consider adopting CROWN Act; local organizers push for passage
Lawrence city commissioners are considering an ordinance that would secure anti-discrimination protections for people with textured hair, and organizers are urging the community to support its deeper meaning.
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Clay Wirestone: In Marion County newspaper raid, a grim threat to Kansans’ First Amendment rights (Column)
”The outrageous law enforcement assault on the Marion County Record newspaper raises a veritable forest of red flags,” Clay Wirestone writes in this Kansas Reflector column.
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Police stage ‘chilling’ raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones
In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper’s reporters, and the publisher’s home.
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Construction costs for part of KU stadium renovation budgeted for $251M; recent locker room upgrades cost $4.1M
The construction work on KU’s football stadium and an adjoining conference center will cost more than $251 million and must be completed by Aug. 1, 2025, according to a contract for the project.