”Experience matters. … A poorly managed district attorney’s office undermines justice and wastes taxpayers’ money, and I want to end this,” Mike Warner writes in this column.
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”Our city hall communicates strength and has an aura of permanence … City hall must remain in the heart of our city: downtown,” Tom Harper writes in this column.
”Our community did not request a dramatically smaller swimming pool in the feedback they provided the city. Our community requested water spaces to swim in,” Holly Krebs writes in this letter to the Times.
”Based on our reading of the new (Land Development Code) … in some important ways, it fails to include necessary safeguards to help ensure the continued livability of our community’s traditional neighborhoods,” Phil and Peggi Englehart write in this letter to the Times.
”Our elected city and county officials have adopted a housing plan to end chronic homelessness in Douglas County. Let’s give them the tools they need to fund this plan,” Rachel and Dustin Stumblingbear write in this letter to the Times.
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Elliot Pees, creator of KANbucha, recently gave Tom Harper a tour of his business and allowed him to document the weekly process of making 240 gallons of kombucha.
”That the university was not directed by the Kansas Legislature to consolidate (the ETC, SGD and OMA) and did so anyway speaks to a disappointing lack of courage,” KU Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies alumni write in this open letter to KU administrators.
”As City Manager Craig Owens made clear, the 2025 budget recipe won’t work for 2026 and beyond. Hence, the unavoidable Talk — frank community dialogue about the 2026 budget,” Phil and Peggi Englehart write in this letter to the Times.
”I benefit to this day from the strong networks I was able to build in spaces that students demanded. I hope that KU can continue to have those spaces of learning and connection for the students, staff and faculty there now,” Shannon Portillo writes in this column.
”It is with a deep sense of responsibility and commitment to our students, our community, and our shared vision that we now speak to ensure the voice of our university is heard,” the Haskell Faculty Senate writes in this letter.
