Kansans can’t use food assistance to buy candy, soda beginning in February 2027
Kansans receiving food assistance can’t buy soda or candy with those dollars beginning in 2027, Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday.
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KU governance asks community to vote on whether they have confidence in chancellor, CFO
KU staff and students will voice whether they have confidence in the leadership of Chancellor Doug Girod, after the presidents of the Faculty Senate and University Senate initiated a vote this week amid concerns over the financial health of KU.
Maya Smith/Lawrence Times
KU faculty union rallies as bargaining team meets with administrators, hoping to avoid impasse
Members of the KU faculty union protested outside of Wescoe Hall Wednesday while the union bargaining team met with administrators for last-minute contract talks, hoping to avoid an impasse.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence Transit announces proposed route changes, seeks public feedback
Lawrence Transit has released proposed updates to routes and is seeking public feedback throughout the month.
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Bert Nash panel series to highlight women’s mental health
An upcoming panel, including experts and people with lived experience, will highlight issues around women’s mental health.
Kansas lawmakers want to legalize silencers and sawed-off shotguns
Owning firearm suppressors or sawed-off shotguns is legal federally, but not in Kansas. Some state lawmakers are trying to change that, but multiple law enforcement organizations have come out against the bill.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence city commissioners vote to keep Community Building free to use for 3 more months
The Community Building and its exercise and free play facilities will remain free for the public to use for another three months following the Lawrence City Commission’s 4-1 vote on Tuesday.
Kansas Senate votes to subvert students’ First Amendment right to join public protests
The Kansas Senate voted Tuesday to clamp down on public school protests by requiring students to secure parental permission to participate and by imposing penalties on districts complicit in organizing protests or meek in disciplining student offenders.
City commissioners start process to consider annexing land west of K-10 into Lawrence
Lawrence city commissioners voted Tuesday to begin the process to consider potentially annexing 650 acres of land west of K-10 — about 1 square mile — into city limits
Former Kansas Supreme Court chief justice to retire March 28
Kansas Supreme Court Justice Marla Luckert will retire later this month, an announcement from the court said.
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