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Your Turn: Nonprofit’s plan will only traumatize the houseless

Lawrence has a housing crisis. Affordable housing has evaporated over the past decade, further emphasizing cracks in the local care economy. The city’s lagging attempts at progressive houseless outreach have consumed the patience and resources allotted to them. This is made even more ...

Letter to the editor: In praise of plan for homeless

To the editor: Justice Matters has been highlighting the importance of ending chronic homelessness, through a comprehensive plan, for years. We researched other communities who have ended chronic homelessness through their “Built for Zero” programs and encouraged the City of Lawrence and ...

Letter to the editor: Another reason for Medicaid

To the editor: In 1994 I led the site selection team that determined where in Kansas the Cessna Aircraft Company would spend $40 million building a new facility in Kansas to manufacture single engine airplanes We considered requirements that had to be met and other important factors. ...

Letter to the editor: The only choice

To the editor: The November elections will be the most consequential of modern history! At stake is the rule of law, democracy versus dictatorship, freedom or a crazy cult society beholden to the will of one dangerous man. This is a five-alarm fire! Don’t allow yourself to be hoodwinked ...

Letter to the editor: ‘Single-use’ is not accurate

To the editor: I think the term “single-use plastic bags” is a misnomer. I probably speak for many of us when I say that the plastic bags I bring home from the grocery store full of groceries get used for many other purposes: lining bathroom trash cans, doggie bags on walks, donating to ...

Letter to the editor: Action on homelessness

To the editor: The recent stabbing of Crystal White proves, once again, that our unhoused neighbors cannot be kept safe from harm or held accountable for their living conditions at the unsanctioned camp by the river (which has far more people than the sanctioned camp!). They cannot continue ...