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Preview: Lawrence school board meeting, March 22
On the Lawrence school board’s agenda for Monday: a report from English to Speakers of Other Languages program, a draft of board operating procedures and more.
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Kansas measure creating penalties for infrastructure damage prompts questions of intention, necessity
A Kansas bill creating new crimes for damage of critical public or private infrastructure prompted inquiries into the need for more stringent protection of these sites and possible restriction of free speech.
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Gov. Kelly denounces Kansas Senate’s budget plan as ‘sabotage’ of K-12 education system
Gov. Laura Kelly responded with contempt to a feeling of deja vu after the Kansas Senate voted to rely on federal COVID-19 funding rather than Kansas tax dollars to cover as much as $568 million in public education obligations in a proposed two-year state budget.
Kansas Department of Corrections
Kansas Supreme Court rules conviction in 2017 Eudora bar murder case must be overturned
Kansas’ highest court on Friday ruled definitively that a Eudora man’s conviction in a June […]
Lawrence and Douglas County: Your COVID-19 vaccine questions answered
As vaccination information in Douglas County continues to develop and change, The Lawrence Times will keep the community updated here — in what we hope can be a singular source of all pertinent information.
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Rontarus Washington Jr.’s defense team requests to withdraw, but first alleges prosecutorial bias
Defense counsel for Rontarus Washington Jr. has requested to withdraw from the case, but just prior, the team filed an additional motion pushing for the case to be dismissed.
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No outside firms are under contract to hire new AD or football coach, KU says
A week removed from one of the more tumultuous stretches in Kansas Athletics history — […]
City of Lawrence
City announces new mobile payment option for downtown parking
The city of Lawrence announced Thursday that those who park downtown will soon be able to pay with mobile apps.
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Kansas Senate passes transgender sports ban after ‘incredibly insulting’ debate
Originally published by Kansas Reflector on March 18, 2021: TOPEKA — As tensions boiled over […]
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Children of exoneree Olin ‘Pete’ Coones plead for judicial reform to prevent similar tragedy
Melody Bitzer shared deeply personal appeals for judicial reform on behalf of her father, because the former prison inmate can no longer speak for himself.
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