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Arts & Events April 23, 2021 - 11:59 am

Lawrence 2nd-graders share feelings about pandemic through portraits

by Tricia Masenthin

The Lawrence Times asked art teachers in the Lawrence school district to share some of their students’ work reflecting on the pandemic. In this gallery, second-graders show off their skills in portrait-making.

Arts & Events April 22, 2021 - 6:14 pm

Raven to host sidewalk sale for Independent Bookstore Day

by Lawrence Times

It’s the biggest bookstore party of the year, the Raven says of Saturday’s Independent Bookstore Day celebration.

Michaela Cantrell
Lawrence Life April 22, 2021 - 3:50 pm

Just Food helping those in need with period products, diapers

by Mackenzie Clark

Not everybody would get excited enough to jump up on top of a pallet of […]

Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
State Government April 22, 2021 - 2:00 pm

Kansas governor blocks attack on transgender athletes, civics test for high schoolers, NRA curriculum

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday vetoed a series of controversial bills that would have banned transgender athletes from school sports, required high schoolers to pass a civics test before graduation, and installed NRA-sponsored curriculum in public schools.

Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
State Government April 22, 2021 - 11:54 am

After George Floyd’s murder, a racial equity panel proposed changes; the Kansas Legislature ignored them

by Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector

The Commission on Racial Equity and Justice issued more than 30 suggestions in its December report for state legislators to consider, but none has received meaningful consideration.

August Rudisell / Lawrence Times
Lawrence news April 22, 2021 - 12:28 am

For Earth Day, a walk through Lawrence’s water treatment facilities

by August Rudisell/@KsScanner

The city’s two water treatment facilities receive, process, and release on average 10 million gallons of storm and sewer water every day.

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Lawrence news April 21, 2021 - 5:12 pm

Lawrence Community Police Review Board April 22 meeting preview

by Mackenzie Clark

The Lawrence Community Police Review Board will meet Thursday evening to review responses to a community survey about a proposed ordinance that would broaden the board’s abilities.

Health April 21, 2021 - 3:51 pm

Panel Thursday to focus on stress, mental health for BIPOC during COVID

by Lawrence Times

A virtual panel Thursday evening will discuss mental health, weathering and economic strain of the COVID-19 pandemic for BIPOC individuals.

David Condos/Kansas News Service
Health April 21, 2021 - 2:21 pm

Half of Kansas counties turn down COVID vaccines even though they’re far from herd immunity

by Abigail Censky, Kansas News Service

Sixty-two Kansas counties rejected their weekly allocations of COVID-19 vaccines from the state this week, even though only roughly 34% of Kansans have received at least one shot.

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State News April 21, 2021 - 2:08 pm

Immigrant suffering from mental illness deported after 6-month breakdown in Kansas jail

by Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — A mentally ill man who spent six months in a Kansas jail after […]

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