Employees at the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center are looking to unionize. The workers, organizing to create Community Mental Health Workers United, have the goals of improving the quality of mental health care and addressing workplace issues, according to a press release from ...
One of the nation’s leading free speech groups says the University of Kansas doesn’t have a legal right to discipline an instructor who made classroom statements about shooting men who would never vote for a woman president. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression — FIRE ...
Two Lawrence bike and pedestrian projects won state grants totaling about $3.5 million, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced Monday. The two projects in Lawrence that received the competitive grants from the state’s Transportation Alternatives Program — administered by the Kansas Department ...
Some news and notes from around town: — For the second week in a row, there’s news of a merger in the credit union industry. This time, credit unions from Kansas and Colorado are seeking to join forces. Meritrust Credit Union, which has a branch in west Lawrence, has proposed to merge ...
Douglas County commissioners will not hold their scheduled business meeting this week, the county announced Monday afternoon. In a brief press release, the county announced that the regular meeting of the County Commission has been canceled due to a lack of agenda items. The commissioners ...
This story was updated at 4 p.m. on Monday, October 14, 2024. Douglas County residents can remove expired and unneeded medications from their homes as the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and Lawrence Police Department will operate National Prescription Drug Take Back Day collection sites in ...
