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Community Voices March 11, 2024 - 12:55 pm

Max Kautsch: This Sunshine Week, Kansas officials should finally clear the Marion County Record’s journalists (Column)

by Max Kautsch

”Journalists should not feel like they are taking an unreasonable risk just to do their jobs, a feeling perpetuated every day that goes by without resolution on the raids” of the Marion County Record, Max Kautsch writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

Community Voices February 25, 2024 - 12:56 am

Douglas County Extension Master Gardeners: Groovy Garden Show to offer something for everyone (Column)

by Douglas County Extension Master Gardeners

”Gardening feeds the soul and provides a sense of peace and hope for the future,” the Douglas County Extension Master Gardeners write of the free, upcoming Groovy Garden Show.

Community Voices January 31, 2024 - 10:15 am

Clay Wirestone: Doom-laden bombast about future of journalism overlooks striking work in Kansas, elsewhere (Column)

by Clay Wirestone, Kansas Reflector

”I’m lucky to live in a state where myriad journalists set an example for the nation,” Clay Wirestone writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

Community Voices January 29, 2024 - 8:07 am

Kate Appel Eckert: Let’s celebrate the hot-blooded, radical, progressive history of Kansas (Column)

by Kate Appel Eckert, Kansas Reflector

”Kansas is consistently at the heart of every single revolution in America. And I have every intent on continuing this tradition,” Kate Appel Eckert writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

Dominick Williams for Everytown for Gun Safety
Community Voices November 8, 2023 - 2:50 pm

Somos Lawrence: Gratitude for support of Día de Muertos (Column)

by Araceli Masterson-Algar, Somos Lawrence

Following a large Día de Muertos celebration, Somos Lawrence, Lawrence Percolator and Moms Demand Action would like to thank the people and partners who helped with the event.

Community Voices November 4, 2023 - 11:14 am

Lawrence Professional Firefighters: Incumbent city commissioners are good for emergency services (Column)

by IAFF Local 1596 Executive Board

”It is understandable that everybody has different priorities, but we can assume that public safety is high on almost everybody’s list. This is why your Lawrence Professional Firefighters have confidence in the three incumbent candidates,” the IAFF Local 1596 executive board writes in this column.

Community Voices October 27, 2023 - 11:28 am

Kansas Audio-Reader: Master gardener retires at 90 (Announcement)

by Martha Kehr, KU Audio-Reader

Frank Male Sr.’s dedication, expertise and commitment has grown the beautiful green space of the Sensory Garden into the much-loved destination that it is today, Martha Kehr of Audio-Reader writes.

Community Voices October 26, 2023 - 11:29 am

Sarah Cole: Legislative leaders spread biased tropes about disabled Kansans in crusade against Medicaid (Column)

by Sarah Cole, Kansas Reflector

”Though disabled people are often prevented from doing the work they would prefer to be doing … most, if not all, of those barriers come not from within disabled people but rather from the outside world,” Sarah Cole writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

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Community Voices October 19, 2023 - 6:05 pm

Tom Harper: Celebrating renovations to the oldest library in Kansas (Column)

by Tom Harper

”Members of the Coal Creek Library Board in Vinland recently hosted an open house for community members and donors to celebrate the successful restoration of the nearly 125-year-old library building,” Tom Harper writes in this column.

Community Voices October 5, 2023 - 3:13 pm

Max Kautsch: Rule lets Kansas courts refuse the release of ‘compiled information,’ obscuring your right to know (Column)

by Max Kautsch, Kansas Reflector

”Even though court records in adult criminal cases are presumptively open in this country, searching for such records … by the type of crime charged or over a range of dates is prohibited,” Max Kautsch writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

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