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The Community Children’s Center has launched an online platform to help local families quickly find vetted babysitters, see their availability and book their services.
City pools, splash pads and pickleball took up much of the Lawrence City Commission’s discussion of the five-year capital improvement plan Tuesday evening.
Here’s the general public comment for the Lawrence City Commission’s Tuesday meeting, as public comment is no longer being broadcast.
Legislators passed a bill that would open up hundreds of millions of dollars to facilitate construction of major league sports complexes in Kansas that might lure the KC football team and Royals to jump the state line.
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An upcoming rematriation celebration will honor the Sacred Red Rock’s arrival to its home on Kaw Nation land.
The Kansas Legislature deflected bipartisan interest in tweaking Tuesday a bill negotiated by Gov. Laura Kelly and top Republican House and Senate leaders delivering a projected $2 billion reduction in state income and property taxes during the next five years.
On the eve of a vote that could yield $750 million for a new Kansas City Royals baseball stadium in Kansas, a team executive met with several Democratic state lawmakers at a Lawrence steakhouse.
Republicans hold huge majorities and can override the Democratic governor on topics like abortion restrictions and transgender issues. Democrats have set their sights on changing that this election season, but it won’t be easy.
”For generations, no matter what date was selected, freedom and an understanding of the meaning of freedom has been at the center of Emancipation Day events. We must honor and respect that history and legacy,” Shawn Alexander writes in this column.
Willa Nash has been found safe, according to an update from the Lawrence Police Department Tuesday morning.
