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Should the Legislature put a constitutional amendment to prohibit same-sex marriage on the ballot?
Poll results
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| No. State law already says marriage is between one woman and one man. | 39% | |
| Yes. I would like to vote in favor of it. | 29% | |
| Yes. I would like to vote against it. | 28% | |
| Undecided. | 1% | |
| Total | 1377 | |
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- Friday school closings
- January 13, 2005
- (Updated Friday at 6:19 a.m.) McLouth has canceled Friday classes.
- Senate approves amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage
- January 13, 2005
- (Updated Thursday at 4:14 p.m.) Senators adopted Thursday a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.
- Senate approves amendment to ban gay marriage
- January 13, 2005
- (Updated Thursday at 5:35 p.m.) The Kansas Senate on Thursday approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would prohibit same-sex marriage.
- Debate to begin on gay marriage amendment
- January 13, 2005
- (Updated Thursday at 3:25 p.m.) TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate was scheduled to start debate today on a proposed constitutional prohibition of same-sex marriage.
- Sub-zero wind chills expected overnight
- January 13, 2005
- (Updated Thursday at 9:11 a.m.) Get set for another cold, blustery day, as wind chill readings will be in the teens. And it’s going to get even colder tonight, says Tim Reith, 6News meteorologist.
- Briefly
- January 13, 2005
- ¢ Hacker breaks into T-Mobile network ¢ Storm destroying houses in Southwest ¢ Government emphasizes calories, exercise
- Feds tell Washington to foot security bill
- January 13, 2005
- The Homeland Security Department told the District of Columbia government Wednesday to use federal homeland security money to pay the costs it will incur for President Bush’s second inauguration.
- On the record
- January 13, 2005
- Stop and help
- January 13, 2005
- Commentary: Moss’ antics will catch up with him
- January 13, 2005
- Of all the fallout from one of the ugliest incidents in sports history, my favorite story comes from one of the participants.
- Unprecedented security planned for swearing-in
- January 13, 2005
- Security for President Bush’s inauguration — the first swearing-in since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks — will be unprecedented with some 6,000 law enforcement personnel, canine bomb teams and close monitoring of transportation.
- Hazel Marie Smith
- January 13, 2005
- Strange weather leaves residents thunderstruck
- Winter lightning hits homes, surprises meteorologists
- January 13, 2005
- Most Kansans know the weather here can only be described as strange, but Wednesday’s area thunderstorms were considered rare even by area meteorologists.
- Proposal infuriates Naismith relative
- Memorial should be a family affair, grandson says; park promoter resents ‘cheap shot’
- January 13, 2005
- Ian Naismith is livid over plans to build a sculpture park in honor of his grandfather, James Naismith, the inventor of basketball.
- Kansas’ wheat acreage up from 2004
- January 13, 2005
- The nation’s farmers planted fewer acres of winter wheat for the 2005 harvest than last season, although Kansas growers boosted their acreage of the crop, the National Agricultural Statistics Service said Wednesday.
- Edwina Nolen
- January 13, 2005
- Schauner wants to keep seat
- January 13, 2005
- City Commissioner David Schauner kicked off his re-election campaign Tuesday trying to make one thing clear: He is not anti-growth, nor are his fellow city commissioners.
- Why not ghettos?
- January 13, 2005
- NASA spacecraft set off to smash comet
- Spectacular collision estimated for Fourth of July
- January 13, 2005
- A NASA spacecraft with a Hollywood name, Deep Impact, blasted off Wednesday on a mission to smash a hole in a comet and give scientists a glimpse of the frozen primordial ingredients of the solar system.
- Critics want to slow death penalty debate
- January 13, 2005
- Some legislators and prosecutors worry that the Legislature is moving too quickly in trying to resurrect the state’s death penalty law after the Kansas Supreme Court struck it down.
- KU flirts with futility
- January 13, 2005
- A layup by Kansas University forward Jamie Boyd with less than a second left saved the Jayhawks from tying a team record for lack of offensive production.
- Frustrated Cyclones blow another late lead
- January 13, 2005
- When will the stinging stop for the Iowa State men’s basketball team? It all set up so perfectly for the Cyclones on Wednesday against No. 2 Kansas University.
- Jayhawks on fire outside early
- January 13, 2005
- Call them hot, smoking, en fuego, or maybe even forgetful that their big hoss was back inside.
- Wilbur Rex Attebery
- January 13, 2005
- Suspect in slaying of pregnant woman indicted
- January 13, 2005
- A federal grand jury issued an indictment Wednesday that allows prosecutors to seek the death penalty against a Kansas woman accused of killing an expectant mother and stealing her unborn child.
- Lawrence raises tsunami funds
- Immigrants organize help for devastated homelands
- January 13, 2005
- Efforts to help victims of the tsunami that devastated parts of southern Asia last month are increasing in Lawrence.
- City briefs
- January 13, 2005
- ¢ Two businesses file embezzlement reports ¢ Police report finding shotgun near complex ¢ City extends collection for brush, tree limbs ¢ Participants sought for KU autism study
- Briefcase
- January 13, 2005
- ¢ Westar sells bonds to refinance debt ¢ H&R Block foresees tough tax year ¢ TiVo co-founder steps down as CEO ¢ Boeing lands sale
- Raptors roll past Celtics
- January 13, 2005
- Morris Peterson was shooting so well from long range, he even made one from 40 feet away.
- Briefly
- January 13, 2005
- ¢ Mosul attack kills two Iraqi troops ¢ EU constitution approved by Parliament ¢ Polio cases increase sharply in 2004
- Advisory board stalls on housing trust fund
- January 13, 2005
- A project to create long-term affordable housing in Lawrence was put on a fast track by city commissioners in November but has been slowed dramatically by a city advisory board.
- Where there’s a will…
- Kansas legislators have little choice but to address the state’s school finance system, but how to get the ball rolling?
- January 13, 2005
- The budget proposed by the Kansas governor each January rarely represents more than a starting point for the budget discussions that will take place in the subsequent legislative session. But this year, more than most, it seems that the budget outlined by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is almost certain to undergo a major overhaul before arriving back at her desk, hopefully, by April 12.
- Election key to transfer of Iraq authority
- January 13, 2005
- If one political lesson above all can be drawn from the 20th century, it must be that no nation is ever “owned” by another. Decolonization, the breakup of the Soviet empire, America’s defeat in Vietnam, the Palestinian intifada and other events speak authoritatively and clearly on this.
- No badges
- January 13, 2005
- Science not faith
- January 13, 2005
- Wrong priority
- January 13, 2005
- CBS denials don’t alter bias
- January 13, 2005
- An independent commission has found CBS News guilty of “myopic zeal” in its airing of possibly forged documents that suggested President Bush lied about his service in the National Guard. A 224-page report, whose chief authors were former Atty. Gen. Dick Thornburgh and former Associated Press Chief Executive Officer Louis D. Boccardi, claimed that the pressure of getting the story before competitors, and not political bias, was responsible for the lapse in journalistic judgment.
- History catches up to Chisholm
- January 13, 2005
- Nearly 30 years ago I embarked on my college career by choosing a major in history, taking an experimental freshman course in the biographies of 20th century world political leaders.
- Daily ticker
- January 13, 2005
- Trade deficit sails to record high
- Americans increasingly crave foreign oil, food
- January 13, 2005
- The U.S. trade deficit hit an all-time high of $60.3 billion in November as American appetites for foreign oil and even imported food reached record levels.
- Apple profits quadruple as iPod, laptop sales surge
- January 13, 2005
- Apple Computer Inc.’s first-quarter earnings more than quadrupled, dramatically exceeding Wall Street expectations, based on strong holiday sales of laptop computers and its wildly popular iPod music players.
- Toplikar: Michelin puts pressure on tire industry with Tweels
- January 13, 2005
- “I’m stuck on the side of the road.” I’m sure my son hated to call me about a flat tire early on a cold, dreary Saturday morning.
- Commodities
- January 13, 2005
- Community Theatre auditions Jan. 25-26
- January 13, 2005
- Auditions for “Enchanted April” by Matthew Barber and adapted from the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim will be 7 p.m. Jan. 25-26 at Lawrence Community Theatre, 1501 N.H.
- Poker drama a losing hand for ESPN
- January 13, 2005
- I must have missed the memo dictating that all new shows must be shot in Las Vegas. Just three days after the debut of “Caesar’s 24/7” on A&E, a sports network offers us “Tilt” (8 p.m., ESPN), a drama set in the seamy world of professional poker.
- Spin control
- Billboard changes ratings system to control manipulation
- January 13, 2005
- Billboard, the influential music industry trade magazine, is changing the way it ranks songs on its country singles chart after concerns that the old system allowed promoters to manipulate the rankings.
- Papier-mâche furniture difficult to repair
- January 13, 2005
- Advertisements in the 18th century didn’t offer “chewed paper” furniture for sale. Instead, the furniture was described by its French name, “papier-mâche.” A mixture of paper, glue, chalk and other ingredients was molded and baked so it would become hard enough to paint. Small boxes and trays had been made of papier-mâche for centuries in China, Persia and India. Most of these pieces were covered with lacquer, then decorated.
- Trees wounded in recent ice storm require healthy dose of first aid
- January 13, 2005
- Last Wednesday, my husband and I found ourselves outside in the cold, dark, early evening hours desperately trying to prop up our two white birch trees that were drooping onto the ground.
- First Lady’s inaugural wardrobe sparkles with sophistication
- January 13, 2005
- The inaugural gown that first lady Laura Bush will wear next week is an ice blue and silver embroidered tulle V-neck dress with a matching duchess satin coat by Seventh Avenue designer Oscar de la Renta.
- Proper care helps damaged trees survive storms
- January 13, 2005
- The mounds of snow and ice that recently created a magnificent winter wonderland are little more than melting piles of dingy sand, salt and road grime.
- Birdsong provides soothing accompaniment for gardeners
- January 13, 2005
- Many gardeners like listening to a radio while they weed and seed or putter. Others wear headsets as they do their yard work. A growing number, however, are tuning in to birdsong. And for good reason.
- Supreme Court: Sentencing system wrongly applied
- 5-4 decision could prompt tens of thousands of federal inmates to file appeals
- January 13, 2005
- The Supreme Court abandoned nearly two decades of federal sentencing practice Wednesday, saying judges no longer have to follow the complex system of guidelines that Congress designed in the 1980s to make jail terms tougher and more uniform.
- Retired MU professor’s bizarre death has campus stunned
- January 13, 2005
- Friends recall Jeong Im as smart, quiet, dignified and friendly, as eager to mentor a student as to share vegetables from his home garden, the kind of person prized in academic halls and cozy neighborhoods.
- Storm causes bus delays, wrecks
- January 13, 2005
- Icy roads Wednesday morning caused some delays in getting some area students to school.
- Former teachers’ lobbyist to run for school board
- January 13, 2005
- A second candidate has officially joined the race for Lawrence school board.
- Ernest D. ‘Buzz’ Sloniger
- January 13, 2005
- Jessie L. Walker
- January 13, 2005
- Economist pushes for Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights
- January 13, 2005
- One of the nation’s leading proponents of Colorado’s so-called Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights said Wednesday that a similar proposal would be good for Kansas.
- Governor fires back on school finance
- January 13, 2005
- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday that lawmakers who have been told by the Kansas Supreme Court to produce a constitutional school finance plan need to “roll up their sleeves and get to work.”
- Medicaid audit irks Sebelius
- January 13, 2005
- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday said she was unhappy with federal officials trying to disallow expenditures made by Kansas on health care for the poor and disabled.
- Capitol briefing
- January 13, 2005
- A more than three-hour debate — in caucus and on the Senate floor — showed deep divisions within Senate Republicans, who hold a 30-10 advantage over Democrats. The debate was over rules governing the Senate process.
- KU Endowment Association returns exceed national average
- January 13, 2005
- Last year’s market gains at the Kansas University Endowment Association outpaced the national average, according to a report released Thursday.
- County sets date to decide house’s fate
- Historic Resources Commission review needed for action on dilapidated structure
- January 13, 2005
- The fate of a vacant house owned by Douglas County could by resolved by March.
- Media outlets sued for BTK report
- January 13, 2005
- A man whose arrest on minor charges sparked speculation of a possible link to the BTK serial killings has sued three media organizations, including The Associated Press, alleging they defamed him in their reporting.
- Baseball reaches steroid-test plan
- Agreement includes penalties for first-time offenders
- January 13, 2005
- Baseball players and owners have reached an agreement on a tougher steroid-testing program that will include a penalty for first-time offenders, the Associated Press has learned.
- Georgia Tech no match for UNC
- Heels win ‘ugly’ game; Illinois, Kentucky prevail
- January 13, 2005
- North Carolina shot only 41 percent, had 19 turnovers and failed to reach 100 points for the first time in four games. Coach Roy Williams described the effort as “ugly,” and most of his players concurred.
- Law, A&M topple Texas
- January 13, 2005
- When Billy Gillispie took over as head coach at Texas A&M in March, he found a team lacking size, experience and depth.
- Huskers trip Bears in 3OT
- January 13, 2005
- Jelena Spiric made all eight of her free throws in the third overtime, Kiera Hardy scored a career-high 37 points, and the Cornhuskers defeated second-ranked Baylor, 103-99.
- Berg steps up for Lions
- 215-pounder’s victory seals dual win
- January 13, 2005
- The outcome of Lawrence High’s wrestling dual with Topeka High still was in doubt heading into the 215-pound match Tuesday night at Lawrence’s West Gym.
- Capsule: Free State girls at Olathe South
- January 13, 2005
- The Firebirds are coming off a 64-61 loss to Olathe East. … It was Free State’s fourth straight loss. … Tricia Dunham led Free State (2-5) with 14 points. … Olathe South (6-2) won, 48-43, Monday at Shawnee Mission West. … O-South defeated FSHS, 46-32, in last year’s meeting at Free State. … South is ranked ninth in Class 6A. … Tipoff is scheduled for 7 tonight.
- Our town sports
- January 13, 2005
- Defensive back commits to Kansas football
- January 13, 2005
- Kansas University’s football team received a big commitment Wednesday when Justin Thornton called Kansas’ coaches and told them he’d sign with the Jayhawks next month.
- Big Dub keys big ‘W’
- Simien returns from injury, sparks Jayhawks past ISU
- January 13, 2005
- Wayne Simien desperately wanted to play. But he, his coach, his teammates — heck, even his parents — didn’t know if Simien, Kansas University’s senior All-America candidate, would be able to answer the bell for the first time in five games for Wednesday’s Kansas-Iowa State Big 12 Conference battle at Hilton Coliseum.
- Kansas’ Lee ailing, too
- January 13, 2005
- Everybody knows Wayne Simien has been battling a thumb injury, Christian Moody an ankle sprain, Keith Langford a concussion, C.J. Giles a bruised foot, Russell Robinson a scratched eye and Sasha Kaun uprooted teeth.
- Notebook
- January 13, 2005
- J.R. Giddens, who scored 13 points, suffered two straight turnovers and thus didn’t play the final eight minutes.
- Sri Lankan’s arrest highlights fears of post-tsunami child trafficking
- Grandfather accused of trying to sell young girls to foreigners
- January 13, 2005
- Police have arrested a 63-year-old Sri Lankan man on charges of trying to sell his two young granddaughters after their home was destroyed and their mother killed by the Asian tsunami, a case that highlights the vulnerability of children in the wake of the disaster.
- Indonesia sets timeline for aid workers to leave
- January 13, 2005
- Foreign aid workers in Indonesia’s tsunami-stricken Aceh province must take military escorts to areas facing insurgency violence, the government announced early today, the latest in a series of security demands that also require U.S. and other foreign troops providing relief to leave the country by the end of March.
- Family pardons Iranian who killed would-be rapist in self-defense
- January 13, 2005
- A woman who spent seven years on death row in Iran has been spared execution by the family of the police chief she stabbed to death and sexually mutilated for trying to rape her.
- Helena ‘Betty’ Boyle
- January 13, 2005
- Johnnie A. Young
- January 13, 2005
- Shaver services
- January 13, 2005
- Mark W. Tozier
- January 13, 2005
- Charles A. Rector
- January 13, 2005
- Virginia Ann Counseller Broders
- January 13, 2005
- Shirley Bell Snyder
- January 13, 2005
- Ada E. Miller
- January 13, 2005
- People
- January 13, 2005
- ¢ Rather clarifies ¢ Star’s view ¢ Not feeling the Pitts ¢ ‘Milkshake’ singer marries ¢ ‘Greatest American’ search ¢ Kid Rock case over ¢ Bob Marley to be exhumed
- Not on their dime, protesters say
- Cost of war, inauguration prompt tight fists
- January 13, 2005
- As a color guard from Fort Riley marches in President Bush’s inaugural parade and the state’s Republican leaders travel to watch the party, Harry Shaffer will be back in Lawrence not spending “One Damn Dime.”
- Dinosaur-eating mammal found
- January 13, 2005
- Scientists working in a rich fossil field in China have unearthed the skeleton of an opossum-sized mammal whose stomach contained the remains of a baby dinosaur, a startling finding that sheds new light on the struggle for survival 130 million years ago.
- Senate’s division of GOP heats up
- Moderate-conservative strife over procedures may affect debate on same-sex marriage
- January 13, 2005
- It didn’t take long for divisions among Senate Republicans to erupt. On Wednesday — three days into the 2005 legislative session — Republicans took off the gloves in rancorous debate over rules that govern the Senate.
- Increase in students poses district dilemma
- Some children may have to switch schools next fall
- January 13, 2005
- Karen Cooper loves sending her third-grade daughter to Deerfield School.
- Highlights from the Kansas Legislature
- January 13, 2005
- Some legislators and prosecutors worried legislators are moving too quickly in resurrecting the state’s death penalty law before the U.S. Supreme Court considers a Kansas court ruling striking the law down.
- Senate votes to allow unlimited roll calls on amendments to bills
- January 13, 2005
- Senators voted Wednesday to remove restrictions on the number of roll-call votes the chamber can take on amendments to bills being debated on the Senate floor.
- Advisory board stalls on housing trust fund
- January 13, 2005
- A project to create long-term affordable housing in Lawrence was put on a fast track by city commissioners in November but has been slowed dramatically by a city advisory board.
- Horoscopes
- January 13, 2005
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