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Sept. 20 was a banner day. Sparkling sunshine, early hints of autumn — and a caravan, driving to Topeka to file cards with the Public Employee Relations Board, or PERB, calling for a union election at Lawrence’s largest employer: the University of Kansas. Filing those cards, signed ...
Starting my journey as a certified nurse assistant, or CNA, at the age of 15, I was brimming with hope and an earnest eagerness to make a difference, oblivious to the challenges and intricacies that lay ahead in this profession. I find myself at the heart of an agonizing dilemma. My name is ...
As a former district attorney of Douglas County, I am shocked and appalled at some of the recent reports by the Journal-World regarding the conduct of the District Attorney’s Office. Most recently, was the report of the devastated rape victim who was not informed of a re-sentencing hearing ...
It’s no secret that recent years have been tough on small businesses and on newspapers. A bipartisan bill that has been introduced in Congress would offer relief to both newspapers and local businesses. For too many newspapers, help can’t come soon enough. Economic challenges have resulted ...
Parts of the U.S. Constitution are patterned after the Magna Carta, which contained a clause that if the King deprived barons of their rights, they could claim those rights by force of arms. But that doesn’t mean our Constitution says something similar, no matter how you read the Second ...
Several years ago the city embarked on a project to update our comprehensive plan, Horizon 2020. The new plan, Plan 2040, is our community plan for guiding growth for the next two decades. Crafting the plan was a labor-intensive endeavor by city staff and steering committee volunteers. The ...