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For decades, big box stores have been a big argument in Lawrence. In the mid-1990s, it was Super Target. There was a lot of community angst that Super Target was going to be a super threat to downtown Lawrence. A couple of years later, it was Borders bookstore. There was a lot of angst that ...
Republicans have a lot of things to worry about after their catastrophic 2026 midterm, and one of them might be Jon Ossoff, the newly reelected Democratic senator from Georgia. The presidential buzz had begun even before Ossoff won reelection by 18 points in purplish Georgia, and will get ...
Thank you, Mr. President. That’s what courteous Democrats might say to Donald Trump for the immense (and I’m sure involuntary) assistance he lent to their historic sweep in last week’s midterm elections. After all, right up until Election Day, Trump did all he could to amplify the ...
So, that’s what a competitive Senate race looks like. Millions of dollars flood the state, broadening the campaign, multiplying attack ads and intensifying political discourse. Journalists from major news organizations descend, writing stories, spotlighting local issues and engaging with ...
The headline item from Tuesday’s elections is that Democrats wiped out Republicans in the House and the Senate. Congratulations. But do our newly minted senators, with their terms ending in January 2033, realize that they will be the cohort of legislators who face the exhaustion of Social ...
“Bluenami!” a friend said of the remarkable turnover of both chambers of Congress from Republican to Democratic control. Another way to look at the midterms Tuesday is that the voters’ verdict found Donald Trump guilty of attempted murder of our democracy. The jury of citizens rescued ...
