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Community Voices April 11, 2024 - 1:15 pm

Letter to the Times: We need the Kansas Sky Energy Center

by Tad Kramar

”If this project is rejected, it would be a devastating blow to our efforts to reduce global warming and climate change and encourage other Kansas counties to reject renewable energy projects,” Tad Kramar writes in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices April 3, 2024 - 12:58 pm

Tom Harper: Project to bring new life to prominent downtown Lawrence building

by Tom Harper

”Lawrence is fortunate that 3D Development and Q39 have decided to take on the (former Lawrence Journal-World) building as a redevelopment project,” Tom Harper writes in this column.

Community Voices April 2, 2024 - 2:06 pm

Community Children’s Center: Here’s how we can bolster early childhood care in Lawrence (Column)

by Will Averill, Community Children's Center

”High-quality care is vital as in the first few years of life, children build more than a million new neural networks every second, and the rate of growth and learning is massive. … We have the chance, as a community, to set our children up for a better life,” Will Averill writes in this column.

Fally Afani Ruzik
Community Voices March 28, 2024 - 4:56 pm

Courtney Farr: How bowling one Sunday changed my life (Column)

by Courtney Farr

”Every time we have an event, I wonder if this is the day that alters someone’s life for the better. … If nothing else, someone felt a little less alone in the world,” Courtney Farr writes in this column.

Community Voices March 19, 2024 - 2:57 pm

Clay Wirestone: I loathe Lawrence’s new plastic bag ban with a fiery passion. It’s still a good idea, though. (Column)

by Clay Wirestone, Kansas Reflector

”So what if I don’t like the plastic bag ban? … We all have to do things that we don’t like for the greater good,” Clay Wirestone writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

Community Voices March 11, 2024 - 12:55 pm

Max Kautsch: This Sunshine Week, Kansas officials should finally clear the Marion County Record’s journalists (Column)

by Max Kautsch

”Journalists should not feel like they are taking an unreasonable risk just to do their jobs, a feeling perpetuated every day that goes by without resolution on the raids” of the Marion County Record, Max Kautsch writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

Community Voices March 3, 2024 - 12:05 am

Letter to the Times: Strategic plan to address homelessness is a big first step

by Caitlin McDiarmid & Judy Pope, Justice Matters

”As a community, we are just in the beginning stages with the proposed plan (to address homelessness). Now the next stage of work begins,” Caitlin McDiarmid and Judy Pope of Justice Matters write in this letter to the Times.

Community Voices February 25, 2024 - 12:56 am

Douglas County Extension Master Gardeners: Groovy Garden Show to offer something for everyone (Column)

by Douglas County Extension Master Gardeners

”Gardening feeds the soul and provides a sense of peace and hope for the future,” the Douglas County Extension Master Gardeners write of the free, upcoming Groovy Garden Show.

Community Voices January 31, 2024 - 10:15 am

Clay Wirestone: Doom-laden bombast about future of journalism overlooks striking work in Kansas, elsewhere (Column)

by Clay Wirestone, Kansas Reflector

”I’m lucky to live in a state where myriad journalists set an example for the nation,” Clay Wirestone writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

Community Voices January 29, 2024 - 8:07 am

Kate Appel Eckert: Let’s celebrate the hot-blooded, radical, progressive history of Kansas (Column)

by Kate Appel Eckert, Kansas Reflector

”Kansas is consistently at the heart of every single revolution in America. And I have every intent on continuing this tradition,” Kate Appel Eckert writes in this Kansas Reflector column.

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