The city of Leavenworth and CoreCivic will take their fight to court June 9 to determine whether the company can reopen its prison facility as an ICE detention center without going through a permitting process.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
City staff members are asking the Lawrence City Commission to pass a resolution saying the city will indefinitely suspend enforcement of its equal rights ordinances in hopes of maintaining federal funding.
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KU is proposing tuition increases of 3% for undergrads and 5% for grad students as the chancellor said the university is grappling with changes coming from the federal level.
The Trump administration’s plans for expanded immigration detentions include Kansas. While a 1,000-bed facility in Leavenworth is on hold, the majority of the state’s detention plays out in a Flint Hills jail.
The farmers she’s met with expressed concerns about potential future impacts on the international markets for their products because of tariffs, U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids said.
The Kansas conference of the American Association of University Professors condemned the targeting of college and university international students and scholars by the administration of President Donald Trump.
Trump has issued executive orders aimed at ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs at colleges altogether. That’s led universities in Kansas and elsewhere to make sweeping changes in an effort to protect their federal funding.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Hundreds of people flocked to Massachusetts Street Thursday with signs and chants to protest recent actions by President Donald Trump’s administration.
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Some international students at KU say they are shocked and concerned about the federal government terminating international student records and revoking thousands of visas.
