There’s a new Senate district in Kansas, and it pairs up northwest Lawrence with large parts of east Topeka. It also has attracted a full field of candidates seeking to fill the new seat that was created as part of the once-per-decade redistricting process that state law requires. Kansas Senate District 19 has three Democrats vying for the seat, and two Republicans. In Lawrence, the district covers the area ...
The race to become the Democratic nominee to represent large parts of Lawrence in the Kansas Senate has a high-stakes element to it — one incumbent legislator is guaranteed to lose. That’s because two sitting legislators are running for Kansas Senate District No. 2, which covers nearly all of Lawrence except for portions of far west Lawrence and northwest Lawrence. Sen. Marci Francisco is the incumbent ...
A Kansas Senate district that once was confined to Johnson County now has a new look to it with large parts of eastern Douglas and southern Leavenworth counties added to the district through redistricting. Now, the Johnson County incumbent in the district is facing a challenger from the new territory. Sen. Beverly Gossage is squaring off against Bryan Zesiger, a retired Army pilot who owns a winery in ...
Here’s a piece of Lawrence trivia for you: If city commissioners approve the 3.5 mill property tax increase that the city manager has recommended, it will be the largest such increase in Lawrence in at least 50 years. How trivial that is come tax bill time likely depends on the size of your wallet. The increase of 3.5 mills would raise the city tax bill on a $300,000 home by about $120 per year. That’s ...
The School of Hard Knocks — sometimes known as life— is good at teaching a multitude of lessons. It stinks, though, at issuing degrees. The University of Kansas, however, is undertaking a multimillion-dollar project that is creating new types of degree programs that indeed will give students actual college credit for life experiences, and may allow them to earn degrees in a fraction of the normal time. ...
On Wednesday I gave you information about Lawrence developer Tony Krsnich and his plans to tear down a couple of downtown buildings on the old Allen Press property near 11th and New Hampshire streets. But Krsnich — developer of the Warehouse Arts District in East Lawrence — is probably better known for keeping old buildings than tearing them down. And there is one old building in particular that he’s ...