Now that election season is almost done, maybe you will want to spend more time at a driver’s license office to get your fill of government fun. Or, maybe not. Regardless, area residents now have — for the time being — a second option for renewing their Kansas driver’s licenses. The Kansas Department of Revenue has opened a new driver’s license office inside the AAA Kansas store in the shopping ...
Rep. Dennis “Boog” Highberger was handily beating a third-party candidate, while four other Lawrence legislators coasted to victory without opposition on Tuesday. Highberger, D-Lawrence, won his fourth term to represent Kansas House District 46, which includes the University of Kansas campus and much of East Lawrence and North Lawrence. Unofficial results showed Highberger ahead of Libertarian candidate ...
Sen. Tom Holland was poised to narrowly fend off a conservative challenger on Tuesday to maintain his seat and ensure that Lawrence retains a second Democratic senator in the Kansas Legislature. Holland, D-Baldwin City, was ahead of veteran legislator Willie Dove by 627 votes as unofficial totals were posted late Tuesday night. If the results stand, Holland will win his fourth term to represent Kansas Senate ...
Whether you are an undecided voter or a fully decided one who simply hasn’t marked your ballot, time is quickly running out. To state the obvious, Election Day is tomorrow — Tuesday, Nov. 3. But surely you knew that already. If nothing else, you were clued in by the fact that no television program for the last month has been longer than three minutes in order to accommodate all the political ads. (I no ...
Personally, I don’t think roller coasters and the year 2020 mix well. (After all, there is a lot of screaming and little social distancing, which makes it only slightly less dangerous than Thanksgiving dinner.) But the state’s retail economy seems to be on such an up-and-down ride. Each month, I report on the sales tax collections for 10 of the largest retail centers in the state. Last month’s report, ...
The former location of Wake the Dead Donuts in downtown Lawrence is now serving as the home for a business that you certainly might have thought was a goner. If you recall, Argana Cafe was the subject of a previous Town Talk this summer. The Moroccan restaurant opened in an old Pizza Hut location on 23rd Street and was trying to make a name for itself with traditional Mediterranean fare, like fresh couscous, ...