Also from May 21
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- First Bell: Push-back on Common Core not unique to Kansas
- Heard on the Hill: KU links: Retired prof discusses tornado safety; business dean in state Chamber video
- Statehouse Live: FreedomWorks urges Legislature to reject Common Core reading and math standards
- Town Talk: Lawrence home sales continue rise in 2013, builders begin to pick up pace on new construction
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- House Republican leaders propose 1.5 percent cut to higher education for each of next two fiscal years
- May 21, 2013
- Budgets for the state’s public universities, including Kansas University, would be cut 1.5 percent for each of the next two fiscal years under a deal approved by Republican budget leaders on Tuesday. By Scott Rothschild
- Local organizations aim to support tornado victims
- May 21, 2013
- Lawrence residents can empathize with the citizens of Moore, Okla.: Both live in Tornado Alley and are thus both particularly susceptible to the whims of Mother Nature. That’s why many local people spent time Tuesday figuring out how they could help those in the Oklahoma City suburb, which was leveled by an EF4 tornado Monday that left two dozen people dead and many more injured and homeless. By Giles Bruce
- Budget cuts force Head Start to close Edgewood Homes facility
- May 21, 2013
- The Head Start preschool at the Edgewood Homes housing complex will close this month due to federal budget cuts known as “sequestration.” The Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority hopes to find another day care provider to replace it. By Peter Hancock
- Gomez child abuse sentencing set for June; judge denies motion to reduce sentence
- May 21, 2013
- After a series of delays, the sentencing of an Illinois man convicted of tying up two of his children last June in the parking lot of a Lawrence Walmart has been scheduled for June 19. On Tuesday, a judge denied a motion by the defense aimed at reducing the sentence in the case, upholding a plea agreement reached in December. Ian Cummings
- LHS student earns perfect ACT score
- May 21, 2013
- Brooke Braman, Lawrence High junior, achieved a perfect score of 36 on the ACT exam.
- Lawrencians adjust to interim library location
- May 21, 2013
- It’s been four months since the Lawrence Public Library moved into the former Borders location at 700 New Hampshire St., which will be its temporary home until its $19 million expansion is completed in summer 2014. Local residents are trafficking the interim facility at roughly the same rate as the old one, officials say. By Giles Bruce
- Will of the people
- May 21, 2013 in print edition on A8
- “Is Lawrence going to be like Dodge City in the days of the OK Corral?” asked Thursday’s editorial in response to the new Kansas law allowing concealed carry even in city buildings and on the Kansas University campus. Oh, that it would resemble Dodge City of the 1880s or Tombstone, Ariz., in the days of the OK Corral!
- Moran seeking fall interns for D.C., Kansas offices
- May 21, 2013
- U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., is seeking interns to work in his Washington, D.C., and Kansas offices in the fall, his office announced Tuesday.
- KU baseball gets involved in Moore, Okla., relief effort
- Start of Big 12 tourney delayed a day because of storm’s devastation
- May 21, 2013
- The Big 12 Conference on Tuesday announced that this week’s Big 12 baseball tournament in Oklahoma City would be pushed back a day out of respect for the victims of the tornado that devastated residents of Moore, Okla., just south of the city. Rather than using the extra day to rest, the Kansas University baseball team jumped right into the relief effort. By Matt Tait
- Lawrence man arrested on suspicion of indecent liberties with a child
- May 21, 2013
- A 21-year-old Lawrence man was arrested Monday afternoon on suspicion of indecent liberties with a child.
- Horoscopes for May 21
- May 21, 2013
- For Tuesday, May 21: This year you often surprise others in special ways. You could throw a surprise birthday party, show up randomly at a family member’s door or just do the unexpected. If you are single, a friend could be instrumental in forming a relationship this year. If you are attached, maintain your friendship as well as your romantic relationship.
- Opinion: Amid crisis, Europe resists extremism
- May 21, 2013 in print edition on A9
- It hardly qualifies as breaking news that Europe is in the middle of a deep and protracted economic contraction. When a story, no matter how shocking, goes on for years, the natural inclination is to let it fade to the background of our awareness. But a visit to Spain — even to one of the cities where the economic tragedy does a good job of hiding behind hordes of tourists and beautiful architecture — is a reminder of the extent of the disaster that has befallen Europe, until recently one of the world’s most prosperous regions.
- Midwifery 101: Options for pregnant women
- May 21, 2013
- When a woman is having a baby, planning begins long before the baby is due. For many women, part of the planning process includes deciding whether to use a physician or a midwife. In Lawrence, women have the option to use certified nurse midwives or lay midwives, and to have an at-home birth or hospital birth. By Meagan Thomas
- Editorial: Hometown pride
- May 21, 2013
- Congratulations to Lawrence High School graduate Sri Srinivasan, whose nomination for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Thursday unanimously sailed through the Senate Judiciary Committee and is headed to the full Senate.
- Letter: Revenue figures
- May 21, 2013
- There has been a lot of coverage in the last few days regarding the lower-than-expected bids to complete the Rock Chalk Park recreation center. Many on the City Commission seem to be ecstatic but not sure why the original estimates were so far off.
- Letter: Serious issue
- May 21, 2013
- Defeatist comments about concealed carry on Kansas university campuses, from Kansas Board of Regents Chairman Fred Logan Jr., are cause for alarm. The financial implications of the exemption expiration are too great to ignore.
- Letter: State of vagueness
- May 21, 2013
- A recent editorial by the Lawrence Journal-World took aim at the decision-making process involving the proposed Rock Chalk Park & Bliss Concession endeavors out on the sprawling edge of town to the west.
- 100 years ago: Fraternity recovers stolen property
- May 21, 2013
- “The boys believe that they have been made the ‘goats’ of a practical joke.”
- 40 years ago: Outgoing KU chancellor receives tributes from alumni
- May 21, 2013
- It was announced that the Space Technology Building would be named after Chancellor Nichols.
- 25 years ago: Proposed riverfront project to be announced
- May 21, 2013
- The identity of the developer and the size and nature of the project were to be confirmed soon.
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- Blog: Push-back on Common Core not unique to Kansas May 21, 2013 · 11 comments
- Opinion: Amid crisis, Europe resists extremism May 21, 2013 · 36 comments
- Planning Commission recommends approval of Menards store for south Lawrence May 20, 2013 · 51 comments
- Blog: Kansas science and math teachers easily recruited away May 20, 2013 · 47 comments
- Two men arrested in connection with Sunday morning shooting May 20, 2013 · 49 comments
- Blog: FreedomWorks urges Legislature to reject Common Core reading and math standards May 21, 2013 · 22 comments
- Crews race to find survivors of Oklahoma twister May 20, 2013 · 36 comments
- Opinion: Benghazi triggers a major credibility crisis May 18, 2013 · 78 comments
- Letter: Serious issue May 21, 2013 · 24 comments
- Budget cuts force Head Start to close Edgewood Homes facility May 21, 2013 · 1 comment
- Memphis forward Tarik Black transfers to KU May 20, 2013
- Planning Commission recommends approval of Menards store for south Lawrence May 20, 2013
- 40 years ago: Outgoing KU chancellor receives tributes from alumni May 21, 2013
- Will of the people May 21, 2013
- Midwifery 101: Options for pregnant women May 21, 2013
- Free State softball draws Derby first May 20, 2013
- They said it ... about Tarik Black May 20, 2013
- Editorial: Hometown pride May 21, 2013
- Two men arrested in connection with Sunday morning shooting May 20, 2013
- Missouri man dies of injuries after Saturday motorcycle accident May 18, 2013









