School board candidates participate in online chats

Samuel Gould and Eddie Lehman were the guests in two more online chats with school board candidates Monday night on www.ljworld.com.

The chats, which feature several of the 13 candidates running in the Feb. 25 Lawrence school board primary, will continue this week with:

• Cindy Yulich, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
• Leonard Ortiz, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
• Mary Loveland, 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

Schools: Essay runner-up travels to D.C. for national award

A Lawrence High School junior is in Washington, D.C., today to receive a $1,000 national award for her entry in an essay contest sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Amy Connolly, 17, was one of five students across the country to be selected as a runner-up to the grand prize winner in the Idea of America essay contest. The contest is part of the endowment’s We the People Initiative. The contest drew more than 1,300 entries.

Laura Bush will present medals to the contest winners during a ceremony at the White House.

Legislature: Committee postpones in-state tuition vote

Topeka — A House committee Monday delayed voting on a bill that would give in-state tuition rates to students who grew up in Kansas with parents who are undocumented workers.

Last week, in sometimes tearful testimony, teenagers, teachers and Hispanic advocates told the committee that the more expensive out-of-state tuition was keeping many children of illegal immigrants from attending college.

Many of the youngsters said they had lived in Kansas most of their lives and were working on getting citizenship status.

On Monday, however, several members of the House Higher Education Committee said they sympathized with their situation but weren’t willing to allow them to pay in-state tuition rates.

A vote on the measure is scheduled for Wednesday.

Gasoline: Pump patrol tracks down lowest prices in Lawrence

The Journal-World has found a Lawrence-area gasoline price as low as $1.56 a gallon at Citgo at Ninth and Iowa streets.

If you find a lower price, please call us at 832-7154. Be prepared to leave the name of the business, the address and the price. Or go to www.ljworld.com/section/gasoline to join our Pump Patrol message board.