Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday approved redirecting $27,500 in funds that were set aside for HeadQuarters Kansas’ suicide prevention efforts to a different agency.
Outgoing state Sen. Tom Holland recommended ahead of a special session a state tax reform bill highlighted by residential, commercial and agricultural property tax relief rather than offering a package emphasizing state income tax rate cuts.
As the dust settles on the state’s bumpy large-scale review of Medicaid eligibility, numbers show approximately 47% of Kansans kicked off of state health insurance coverage are 18 or younger.
Temperatures are heating up, and the City of Lawrence is offering cooling sites for anybody who needs respite from the heat.
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A 43-year-old man is dead following a physical fight Tuesday night in eastern Lawrence.
Matt Beat — known as Mr. Beat to his 1 million YouTube subscribers — will join another academic in conversation about the U.S. Supreme Court and where its decisions might take us in the future during an event Thursday in Lawrence.
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Illinois basketball player Terrence Shannon Jr. may be the one facing a charge of rape in connection with an incident at a Lawrence bar in September, but defense attorneys on Tuesday put the Lawrence Police Department on trial.
Here’s the general public comment for the Lawrence City Commission’s Tuesday meeting, as public comment is no longer being broadcast.
The Lawrence school district will be forming an ad hoc committee that’ll create recommendations for guidelines around incorporating artificial intelligence technology into classrooms.
Events coming up Friday and Saturday invite Lawrence community members to become immersed in an ear-shaped tallgrass labyrinth, learn about the environment and participate in a poetry exercise.
