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More than 100 pro-Palestine protesters gathered outside Fraser Hall for 17-plus hours Wednesday, calling on KU to disclose and divest any financial connections with Israel amid monthslong violence in Gaza that has killed tens of thousands of people.
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Lawrence and Douglas County elected officials made pledges to support initiatives aimed at boosting the elder care workforce and abating chronic homelessness Sunday at the annual Justice Matters Action Assembly.
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Journalism students at Lawrence High School have convinced the school district to remove their files from the purview of a controversial artificial intelligence surveillance system after months of debate with administrators.
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Work has begun on a long-planned development that aims to offer a handful of food and retail options at the corner of Clinton Parkway and Inverness Drive starting later this year.
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The KU debate duo of Graham Revare and William Soper finished second in the country in policy debate Monday at the 78th National Debate Tournament.
Lawrence teachers spent years with wages near the bottom compared to similar sized school districts, along with large pay gaps relative to administrators. But recent efforts to raise teacher wages have helped teacher salaries move closer to other districts.
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Hundreds of people brought their spring colors, face paint and Easter baskets to the Dole Institute of Politics on Saturday for the eighth Easter Egg Roll with Dole.
For four years before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the gap between administrators’ salaries and teachers’ salaries in Lawrence Public Schools grew bigger and bigger. That trend has started reversing, but there’s still frustration about the gap.
All of the 10 largest districts in Kansas saw their enrollment drop during the pandemic-riddled 2020-21 school year; all but Lawrence have bounced back to see some enrollment growth in the last few years.
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday held a work session to discuss a permit for a proposed massive solar farm north of Lawrence, the first of two meetings focused on the project.
