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Lawrence lawmaker rips proposed bill that would overturn local affordable housing ordinance; chides legislator for implying renters are ‘filthy’
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (763+ words) Feb 19, 2026 - 10:07am Rep. Brooklynne Mosley, a Lawrence Democrat, says a House bill that would benefit a Lawrence landlord will leave low-income renters without a place to live. She is seen here during a Jan. 28, 2026, House session. TOPEKA " Democratic Rep. Brooklynne Mosley…...
Douglas County commissioners approve contract for health care plan administrative services from UnitedHealthcare
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (487+ words) Feb 18, 2026 - 7:49pm Douglas County commissioners met on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. Douglas County commissioners approved a contract for a new county employee health care plan on Wednesday. The contract is with UnitedHealthcare to provide administrative services for the county's self-funded employee health care…...
City leaders give final approval to incentives for historic Reuter Organ building redevelopment
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (582+ words) Feb 17, 2026 - 7:48pm The Reuter Organ building on New Hampshire Street is pictured on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. City leaders on Tuesday gave final approval to an incentives package for the redevelopment of the historic Reuter Organ building in downtown Lawrence " a project the…...
Lawrence City Commission approves layout drawing for airport; next is an FAA review
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (544+ words) Feb 17, 2026 - 8:46pm Melissa Sieben, the city's director of Municipal Services and Operations and interim airport manager, addresses the Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. A layout drawing for the Lawrence airport that's required by the Federal Aviation Administration got the approval…...
Lawsuit: Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (605+ words) Feb 17, 2026 - 3:27pm WASHINGTON " Conservation and historical organizations sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and science from America's national parks. A lawsuit filed in Boston says orders by President Donald Trump…...
Lawrence chapter civic organization to host talk with immigration lawyer outlining complications of immigration process
6+ day, 4+ min ago (355+ words) Feb 13, 2026 - 5:31pm A flyer for a discussion called "Immigration: Facts and Misunderstandings about the Path to Citizenship" that will be held by the Lawrence/Douglas County Chapter of Women for Kansas on Saturday morning. A Lawrence organization focused on educating voters…...
Bill to limit how DEI is taught in universities pulled from hearing schedule, but may still come back
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (20+ words) Bill to limit how DEI is taught in universities pulled from hearing schedule, but may still come back'Lawrence Journal-World...
City leaders to provide guidance on proposed environmental goal of climate neutrality by 2050
1+ week, 31+ min ago (423+ words) Feb 12, 2026 - 5:49pm Lawrence City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St., is pictured on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. City leaders next week will be asked for guidance on changing Lawrence's environmental goals from achieving 100% clean energy to becoming "climate neutral" by 2050. At its meeting on Tuesday, the…...
Opinion: Beware the bully’s ‘softer touch’
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (800+ words) Feb 12, 2026 - 12:00am For casual observers of U.S. politics, an interview President Donald Trump gave last week to "NBC Nightly News" might have suggested a change of tone in the federal government's standoff in Minnesota. Speaking of the brute-force operations federal agents have…...
Opinion: Don’t let Trump turn America into a nation of haters
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (723+ words) Feb 12, 2026 - 12:00am There are no innocent bystanders in Donald Trump's America. Seeing what we've seen lately " blood spilled in snow, and a vile post depicting a former president and first lady as apes in a jungle " MAGA world has moral choices…...