Updated at 11:06 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 16 Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach recently endorsed a report from the state's Medicaid inspector general that could serve as a basis for increased scrutiny into the backgrounds of Kansas public school employees. Kobach said on Nov. 1 that he wanted a law passed mandating that all public school employees undergo fingerprint-based criminal background checks on a ...
Veteran Lawrence school board member Shannon Kimball has accepted a position with the Kansas Association of School Boards as a government relations specialist. Lawrence school board President Kelly Jones announced Kimball's hiring during Monday night's board meeting. Kimball told the Journal-World after the meeting that she would start her role with the Topeka-based not-for-profit organization on Jan. 3 and ...
Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday will consider approving a newly structured pay scale for the Douglas County Sheriff's Office and Criminal Justice Services staff. As part of the county's 2024 budget deliberations in July, commissioners approved an approximately $737,000 pay package for raises at the sheriff’s office, most of which was earmarked for entry-level corrections officer and deputy ...
The Lawrence school board on Monday joined other local governments in approving tax incentives for a project that would develop just under 50 units of affordable housing in downtown Lawrence for people 55 and older. The vote for the New Hampshire Lofts project passed 5-2, with Erica Hill and Paula Vann dissenting. Hill expressed concern that it was on the consent agenda, with those items being routinely passed ...
Former principal Ted Juneau said that he can “feel the voices” of former students who passed through what is now Liberty Memorial Central Middle School during the 100th anniversary of the building and a rededication of it as a World War I memorial. More than 500 people were in attendance on Sunday for the ceremony and open house that commemorated the anniversary of the building at 1400 Massachusetts St., ...
The Lawrence school board on Monday will consider a tax rebate plan that would aid in the development of an affordable housing project in downtown Lawrence. As the Journal-World reported, the New Hampshire Lofts project is expected to provide just under 50 affordable housing units for people 55 and older. The long-vacant lot is on the east side of New Hampshire Street just north of the 11th and New Hampshire ...