The Kansas State Board of Education on Tuesday voted to allow school districts to count computer science as a math or science credit for high school graduation requirements.
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After speaking out about issues with their Lawrence homeowners’ association, Breeann Bass and her family feel like they can get their quality of life back — at least somewhat.
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Responding to community pushback about the proposed master plan for downtown, the city has extended the comment […]
One of the top administrators at Haskell Indian Nations University has announced her retirement, retroactive to May 28, just a month after faculty members issued a unanimous vote of no confidence in her job performance.
This week’s bestseller list has plenty of new faces, like Casey McQuiston’s eagerly awaited followup to Red White & Royal Blue and Clint Smith’s amazing new history of slavery. By far the fastest seller of the week is the new children’s book from U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids.
City Commission agenda
The Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday will consider a contract that would pay Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas $250 for each application approved for a utility assistance program. That’s roughly equivalent to two or three months’ worth of the average residence’s city utility bills.
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Douglas County’s elections will soon be run from the corner of 23rd and Louisiana Streets — in a location double the size of its current location on the first floor of the county courthouse.
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A detached garage caught fire overnight at an East Lawrence home, and the cause is still under investigation.
Two construction projects starting this week will impact traffic in Lawrence.
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After 139 years to the day, community members will memorialize the deaths of three Black men who were lynched in 1882.
