”This irresponsible action has devastating effects on those fired and on all university staff and students. … Haskell Indian Nations University is an integral part of our community and an important higher education resource,” Pat Willer and Pat Kehde write in this letter to the Times.
”I’ll admit I was skeptical of such a complex and dynamic show in the hands of a high school. My doubts turned to goosebumps, and I caught my theater-going partner wiping away tears,” Marc Havener writes in this letter to the Times.
”A sort of financial handcuff gets placed on the low-income, the disabled, the retired, on Social Security,” Brian King writes in this letter to the Times.
”We need our city commission to pass a $15 minimum wage for all of Lawrence,” Steve Jacob writes in this letter to the Times.
”To some of us who have been in this battle for nearly 10 years, (the sheriff comes across as) trying to protect the jail from overcrowding rather than protecting people from being incarcerated there capriciously and needlessly,” Ralph Planthold writes in this letter to the Times.
”If you are deeply troubled by the increased prominence of Christian Nationalism in American culture, by the degradation of our civic discourse, and by the neverending vitriol of the ‘culture wars,’ I want to encourage you: you are not alone,” Deacon Godsey writes in this letter to the Times.
”The idea that community bail funds should be regulated with insurance requirements is an absurd overregulation of what amounts to voluntary mutual aid within a community,” Douglas County Community Bail Fund directors write in this letter to the Times.
”We must be diligent in calling out disingenuous actors who seek to further divisions under the guise of helping the working class,” Isaac Johnson, of Trans Lawrence Coalition, writes in this letter to the Times.
”Give the (new land development) code a little breathing space … and let’s watch and see what the early returns are on residential infill. Perhaps neighborhood concerns will prove largely misplaced,” Phil Englehart writes in this letter to the Times.
”Allowing the commission to choose who they think would be the best fit (for mayor) would allow us to have more than one year with a commissioner who does a great job,” Chris Flowers writes in this letter to the Times.
