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Education May 12, 2026 - 9:34 pm

Lawrence school district committee members question AI’s effects on learning, integrity

by Courtney Lane and Cuyler Dunn

Members of the Lawrence school district’s AI committee raised concerns Tuesday about the integrity of learning and whether families should be able to opt in or out of AI usage. 

Lawrence news October 18, 2025 - 7:39 pm

Hundreds push back against authoritarianism at second No Kings protest in Lawrence

by Cuyler Dunn

About 1,000 people lined the edges of Watson Park and spilled throughout the surrounding sidewalks of downtown Lawrence on Saturday to protest what they argue is an overreach of power by the Trump administration. 

Cuyler Dunn/Lawrence Times
Lawrence Life July 4, 2025 - 2:30 pm

Lawrence community members celebrate freedom, warn about erosion of rights at Freedom Fest

by Cuyler Dunn

A KU law professor, local politicians, a puppet and more than 100 other Lawrence community members gathered Friday to celebrate the Constitution and the Fourth of July in the face of what they said were attacks on freedom. 

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Education June 3, 2025 - 5:42 pm

Families allege years of trauma in Lawrence special education

by Cuyler Dunn & Maya Hodison

One word came up often as Annette Camlin described her family’s decadelong experience with Lawrence Public Schools’ special education services: trauma.
Camlin was one of several parents who joined former teachers to voice crucial concerns about the district’s SPED services.

Cuyler Dunn/Lawrence Times
Education May 23, 2025 - 10:05 am

Gina Carter wins $10K Bobs Award for bringing ‘warmth and energy’ to Woodlawn students

by Cuyler Dunn

Gina Carter, a title reading and math teacher at Woodlawn Elementary, said she doesn’t come to a job every day — she comes to a place she truly loves. She was announced as the 2025 Bobs Award winner Friday morning.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Business April 22, 2025 - 8:01 pm

KC World Cup CEO: Lawrence one of the ‘most engaged’ communities in region

by Cuyler Dunn

Lawrence is well positioned to cash in on an estimated regional windfall of more than $600 million next summer when the World Cup comes to Kansas City, the CEO of KC’s World Cup planning told local business leaders Tuesday evening.

Lawrence Life April 4, 2025 - 4:18 pm

New Lawrence advocacy group aims to increase involvement in local government decisions

by Cuyler Dunn

Some Lawrence residents are forming a new advocacy group urging the city to increase community engagement and transparency.

Cuyler Dunn/Lawrence Times
Education April 2, 2025 - 5:27 pm

KU students march against removal of gender-inclusive housing, firing of student worker

by Cuyler Dunn

KU students, propelled by the firing of a student employee who had spoken out, marched Wednesday to the housing offices in protest of the university’s decision to end gender-inclusive housing at Grace Pearson Scholarship Hall next year.

Cuyler Dunn/Lawrence Times
Lawrence news March 26, 2025 - 9:59 pm

Planning Commission advances Family Promise plan for affordable housing

by Cuyler Dunn

Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission members voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend approving four items related to an affordable housing project at Ninth and Tennessee streets. 

August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence news March 13, 2025 - 7:55 pm

Lawrence City Commission to consider altering occupancy limits weeks before development code set to take effect

by Cuyler Dunn

The Lawrence City Commission will soon consider a major change to the new land development code that could hinder the code’s intended goal of helping people find and afford housing, weeks before it’s set to go into effect.

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