Letters to The Lawrence Times are welcome and encouraged.
The Lawrence Times runs opinion columns and letters to the Times written by community members with varying perspectives on local issues. These pieces do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Times staff.
LETTERS TO THE TIMES
Letter to the Times: Nature Center proposal sad to see
“How sad to see a city like Lawrence, that we’ve always looked at as progressive and in touch with the needs of those who call Lawrence home, even consider such a move as to place the Prairie Park Nature Center on the chopping block,” visitors from Paola write in this letter to the Times.
Letter to the Times: Prairie Park Nature Center is an invaluable resource
“The staff was also extremely sensitive and helpful … in consideration of cultural needs regarding certain animals that are significant culturally to different Native American tribes’ beliefs,” Jennifer Attocknie writes in this letter to the Times.
Letter to the Times: The choice is in your hands
“Maybe … you are generally pro-life but don’t like extreme restrictions on abortion. Maybe you are just generally uneasy about abortion itself but want it to keep it as an option,” Ken Grotewiel writes in this letter to the Times.
Letter to the Times: Kansas will ban abortion if amendment passes on Aug. 2
“If the amendment passes, Kansas lawmakers can — and they will — enact laws banning abortions. And we know they will because they’ve already tried,” Amii Castle writes in this letter to the Times.
Letter to the Times: Douglas County should adopt a tenants’ right to counsel
“If you’re charged with a felony, you have the right to an attorney. If you’re about to be kicked out of your home here in Douglas County, you’re on your own,” Steven Koprince writes in this letter to the Times.
Letter to the Times: Turning schools into mini prisons
“We … need to consider funding mental health support for all students because these events do not happen in a vacuum,” Colleen Boley writes in this letter to the Times.
Letter to the Times: Lawrence schools should keep Latin
“The passionate arguments made in the press and at school board meetings for retaining Latin at LHS and FSHS were legitimate and persuasive,” Gerald E. Mikkelson writes in this letter to the Times.
Letter to the Times: Lawrence school district’s path is not sustainable
“The recent considerations by the school district to eliminate Latin classes from USD 497 are just the tip of the iceberg,” Rob Chestnut writes in this letter to the Times.
Letter to the Times: Banning abortions in Kansas
If a proposed amendment to the Kansas constitution passes, “With almost certainty there will be no legal abortions in Kansas — no matter how she got pregnant or even if she might die from the pregnancy,” Amii Castle writes in this letter to the Times.
Letter to the Times: Support women-owned businesses
“It’s Women’s History Month, a time to recognize women who have changed our society for the better. It is also a time to highlight and honor women-owned businesses in our community that have overcome many obstacles these past two years,” Stephanie Willis writes in this letter to the Times.
Letter to the Times: School consolidations will still be necessary
“The community must face the reality that some school consolidation must take place to make the school district budget sustainable,” Rob Chestnut writes in this letter to the Times.
Letter to the Times: Education commissioner’s remarks compound grief Indigenous children are feeling
“Now is the time for the State of Kansas to act and invest in our educational systems. Our communities of color deserve better,” Carole Cadue-Blackwood writes in this letter to the Times.
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