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Advocates with two local organizations on Saturday called on Lawrence residents to amplify and uphold the rights of their undocumented immigrant neighbors.
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Lawrence’s first Firefly Festival — with a robust docket of live music, visual art-making and outdoor exploration — is free to all.
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Local health officials shared some highlights of a plan to improve community health with Lawrence city commissioners Tuesday, emphasizing ways their goals align with the city’s stated goals.
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Seventeen seniors at Bishop Seabury Academy graduated Thursday evening alongside their peers and loved ones with a Commencement and Stepping Up ceremony.
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Free State High school graduate Elle Cormaney offered a gift of new shoes to the graduating Class of 2025 — not a physical pair, but a pair offering a lesson for the Firebirds to run to create their futures.
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Adele Erickson imparted some advice from a fortune cookie to her fellow Lawrence High School graduates: “One must look back to learn to look forward.” The Chesty Lions Class of 2025 graduated Tuesday night.
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The Lawrence Virtual School Class of 2025 heard a lot of advice from speakers during their graduation ceremony Saturday, including some pearls of wisdom from their classmate’s time working at a nursing home — “Don’t be a snitch,” for instance.
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Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday approved an updated agreement with contractors working on the Municipal Services and Operations campus on the eastern edge of town, altogether estimated to cost $130.2 million.
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Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday held public hearings and approved proposed boundaries for areas of tax breaks KU has requested for its Gateway District project.
Lawrence city commissioners will consider advancing multimillion-dollar tax incentives to help fund the second phase of KU’s Gateway Project and a proposed Q39 restaurant downtown. The meeting will include public hearings on both.
