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Arts organizations in Lawrence could see losses to already thin budgets after President Donald Trump proposed eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts in his new budget outline.
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Hundreds of people flocked to Massachusetts Street Thursday with signs and chants to protest recent actions by President Donald Trump’s administration.
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DOGE’s sudden cuts to AmeriCorps funds have left four agencies serving Lawrence and Douglas County families more than $400,000 short to pay for dozens of essential employees.
Families of an estimated 138,776 Kansas school-age children could have received a $120 summer grocery card last year — they just didn’t submit the application.
A forum Monday evening offered folks with personal insight into Medicaid the opportunity to speak to others with knowledge of how the national health program influenced quality of life.
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Student scientists in now-defunded KU and Haskell programs showcased their work Thursday, sharing research ranging from depression treatments for veterans and proteins’ impact on tumor cells to gene mutations, behavior of prairie voles and more.
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A $250,000 grant for the Watkins Museum to expand exhibits on local Indigenous history is in limbo and a Lawrence event honoring veterans will be canceled amid federal cuts to humanities programs.
The timeline for processing this year’s final point-in-time count data — the annual count of people experiencing homelessness — is unclear because of chaos at the federal level, and the work may fall on local agencies to complete.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Haskell Indian Nations University celebrated the campus community’s resilience with their spring powwow Saturday night.
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Hundreds of Lawrence community members gathered at Ninth and Massachusetts Saturday as part of a nationwide movement directing Trump and Musk to take their “hands off” many facets of Americans’ lives.
