The Raven Book Store’s bestsellers for Sept. 10, 2024 (Sponsored post)
”This week sees an all-local top three driven in large part by our event/preorder program. Thanks for supporting our local authors in this way!” the Raven Book Store writes.
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Lawrence school board president: ‘Stop making us ask’ for sensible gun laws
Lawrence school board members and the new interim superintendent took their commentary time on Monday to reflect on a Georgia school shooting last week and to call for the Kansas Legislature to pass sensible gun laws.
Lawrence school board approves 2024-25 budget
The Lawrence school board on Monday approved its 2024-25 budget, which will slightly increase the property tax rate.
KU combining centers focused on diversity into one ‘Student Engagement Center’
Three KU centers focused on diversity and equity are being combined with each other and another campus center to create the “Student Engagement Center,” effective immediately, the university announced Monday.
Kansas election official says nearly 1,000 primary ballots tossed due to mail processing issues
The Kansas secretary of state said approximately 1,000 August primary voters were disenfranchised because ballots mailed before Election Day arrived in county offices more than three days after the deadline or without an essential postmark.
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Tom Harper: Don’t call it ‘flipping’ – Mike Randolph wants to revive old houses, create good homes (Column)
”Housing is a fundamental need, and Mike Randolph has been helping address that need in Lawrence for many years,” Tom Harper writes in this column.
Lawrence Chabad House expands with brand-new facility serving Jewish students
Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel and his wife have run the KU Chabad Center since 2006. After being maxed out at a one-story house on 19th Street for years, their dreams of expansion are finally coming true.
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Civic Engagement 101 series to resume at Lawrence library, starting with panel on misinformation
Accomplished local journalists will kick off the Civic Engagement 101 event series at the Lawrence Public Library with a panel Thursday on disinformation and trust in the news.
Kaw Valley Almanac for Sept. 9-15, 2024
More than 90% of Kansas is in drought right now, but prairie plant roots go deep and have developed strategies to survive, as evidenced by this field where sunflowers, goldenrods and blue sage are thriving.
Lawrence artist’s public works will honor La Yarda community
Lawrence artist Javy Ortiz will soon create long-lasting original works to honor the people of La Yarda, a neighborhood of Mexican American railroad workers and their families that stood from 1920 through 1951 in East Lawrence.
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