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Lawrence school board to consider hiring consultants for enrollment projections, online map

The Lawrence school board on Monday will consider contracting with a consulting firm to complete enrollment projections and ...
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‘This shop will fail’: ECM leadership hopes new punk bookstore will be lightning rod to get community in the door

If Lawrencians are going to confuse the Ecumenical Campus Ministries for a church, executive director Jessie Duke at least ...
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Lawrence Restaurant Week to feature specials from dozens of local restaurants, bars

The local hospitality industry is gearing up a slew of special menu items for this year's Lawrence Restaurant Week, a 10-day ...
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Lawrence Farmers Market to request studies of possible park locations amid some pushback

The Lawrence Farmers Market will soon ask a city board to launch a study to see if either South Park or Watson Park could be ...
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KU’s living library of fungi, key to restoration and sustainability, threatened by shrinking federal funds

For a team of researchers at KU, fungal doomsday looks less like parasitic mushrooms transforming people into zombies, and ...
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This Kansas house being built with hemp is designed to keep down electricity bills

K-State University and Habitat for Humanity are working on an affordable house in Ogden, Kansas, that will use hemp ...
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Man shot in Lawrence City Hall had no firearm, had asked to go to train station, law enforcement says

The man who was shot and killed by a city employee in Lawrence City Hall Monday had asked to be brought to the local Amtrak ...
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Here’s a sneak peek at Runner, service-dog-in-training and future Watkins Museum volunteer

Runner, the latest service-dog-in-training being raised by a Watkins Museum volunteer, stopped by the museum Thursday to ...
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GOP legislative leaders enlist former Emporia State president to slash Kansas university budgets

Republican legislative leaders agreed to pay former Emporia State University president Ken Hush $50,000 to spearhead their ...
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Kansas Supreme Court Justice Eric Rosen sworn in as chief of state’s highest court

Kansas Supreme Court Justice Eric Rosen formally stepped into the job of chief justice Thursday by framing the delicate work ...
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3 World Cup teams could make Kansas City or Lawrence their base camp. Here’s what we know

Lawrence and Kansas City are eagerly waiting to learn where teams will set up their base camps for the 2026 World Cup. The ...
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Sanctuary Alliance to hold solidarity demonstration in downtown Lawrence

Sanctuary Alliance will hold a solidarity demonstration Sunday in downtown Lawrence in the wake of an ICE officer's fatal shooting of a woman in Minnesota Wednesday morning.