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Community Voices February 14, 2023 - 10:06 am

Donnavan Dillon: Kansas has no place for hate in 2023. When will legislators get the memo? (Column)

by Donnavan Dillon, Kansas Reflector

“We as Kansans must change our organizing and engagement tactics to ensure anti-LGBTQ+ legislation ceases to appear in our state,” Donnavan Dillon writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

Community Voices February 9, 2023 - 2:28 pm

Ryan Fullerton: Education and job training are not the same thing; we need to help young people understand that (Column)

by Ryan T. Fullerton

”Young people deserve the chance to understand the world around them beyond the confines of the work they may one day choose to do,” Ryan Fullerton writes in this column.

Community Voices February 4, 2023 - 12:33 pm

Clay Wirestone: Statehouse scraps – Secrecy shrouds semiconductor deal, counting a community, silver screen plans (Column)

by Clay Wirestone, Kansas Reflector

”Somehow we just wrapped the fourth week of the 2023 Kansas legislative session. Tracking lawmakers’ antics sometimes feels like pounding a half-dozen slushies and taking a ride on a tilt-a-whirl,” Clay Wirestone writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

Community Voices February 2, 2023 - 5:05 pm

Community Children’s Center: If only they came with a manual (Column)

by Will Averill, Community Children's Center

”The longest drive of my life was the 30-minute drive with my wife and newborn son home from the hospital in Topeka. … They give you some basic instruction at the hospital, but after that, you’re on your own,” Will Averill writes in this column from the Community Children’s Center.

Community Voices February 1, 2023 - 6:12 pm

Lawrence Preservation Alliance: KU campus demolitions cause concern about preservation (Column)

by Mike Delaney and Dennis Brown, Lawrence Preservation Alliance

“Recent actions by KU administrators have left many wondering how much the current KU leadership values historic buildings and landscapes on campus,” Lawrence Preservation Alliance leaders write in this column.

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Community Voices January 31, 2023 - 2:22 pm

Clay Wirestone: A Kansas woman killed her abuser. At every level, in every instance, the system failed her. (Column)

by Clay Wirestone, Kansas Reflector

”Even after the abuse, after the violent slaying, the system failed (Sarah Gonzales-McLinn). The judge in her murder trial didn’t allow jurors to hear testimony about her abuse,” Clay Wirestone writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

Community Voices January 30, 2023 - 8:03 am

Clay Wirestone: A bomb threat at my son’s Lawrence school shattered an afternoon into emotional fragments (Column)

by Clay Wirestone, Kansas Reflector

“I was worried because, in those lengthy Thursday afternoon minutes, I had lost the ability to protect my child,” Clay Wirestone writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

Community Voices January 29, 2023 - 6:00 am

D.C. Hiegert: Anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and laws harm your Kansas neighbors. We can build a more welcoming state. (Column)

by D.C. Hiegert, Kansas Reflector

”I believe we can make Kansas a welcoming and accepting state where LGBTQ+ people can live authentically and thrive. But LGBTQ+ Kansans cannot do it alone,” D.C. Hiegert writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

Community Voices January 28, 2023 - 9:52 am

Tresa McAlhaney: Community can creatively manage changes in Lawrence Public Schools (Column)

by Tresa McAlhaney

”We have so many great resources to draw from in our community, and with some thoughtful adjustments, we can gracefully rise to conquer the coming challenges together,” Tresa McAlhaney writes in this column.

Community Voices January 26, 2023 - 9:03 am

Max Kautsch: Swaths of Kansas lack written policies on exculpatory evidence, law enforcement dishonesty (Column)

by Max Kautsch, Kansas Reflector

”The Kansas Coalition for Open Government believes that establishing written Brady/Giglio policies is essential to promoting transparency and accountability in law enforcement,” Max Kautsch writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

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