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To the editor: Lawrence, Kansas is not open for business The City Commission’s 5-0 vote on Oct. 13 on Resolution No. 7710 regarding the STAR bonds district and not allowing the public hearing phase to proceed spoke very loudly to the rest of the country: Lawrence, Kansas is not open for ...
To the editor: After the Kansas State Fair debate where Roger Marshall was interrupted by boos and choruses of “shame on you” and “you don’t live here” for 90 minutes, Washington sent Vice President JD Vance to try to bolster his campaign by actually questioning Adam Hamilton’s ...
To the editor: Recent news regarding Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall is in conflict with Kansas values. His values are in lockstep with President Donald Trump. Both rob the poor and give to the rich. I’m sure both Marshall and Trump benefited more from the “Big Beautiful Bill” that Trump ...
To the editor: I understand democracy is messy, but seriously Douglas County Commissioner Gene Dorsey? Dorsey was elected to the Douglas County Commission two years ago for District 4. This summer, Dorsey faced a primary Democratic opponent — Ethan Spurling. Spurling won the primary ...
For reasons that will baffle my many detractors, I am often asked for advice about being an opinion journalist. One of my standard responses is: You have to be willing to disappoint your biggest fans. What I mean is that if you start to see your job as telling fans what they want to hear, you ...
To the editor: At the University of Kansas, artificial intelligence (AI) has become a subject of conversation, as students weigh which careers will still exist when we graduate and professors rethink how they teach and evaluate our work. None of us can predict how different the economy will ...