The Lawrence City Commission race is the only one in Lawrence that requires a primary election this year, but it includes a crowded field of candidates with varied backgrounds and priorities. Two four-year terms on the commission are on the ballot this year. The Journal-World reached out to ...
City Commission elections often are focused on topics like zoning, streets, sidewalks and economic development, but each commissioner, as an elected official, swears an oath to support and defend the U.S. and Kansas constitutions. With that in mind, the Journal-World asked each candidate about ...
Seven Lawrence school board candidates are vying for three seats in this year's elections, but, unlike the Lawrence City Commission candidates, they won’t appear on the primary ballot in August. Instead, they will be on the general election ballot on Nov. 4. Three are incumbents seeking ...
Members of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War arrived Saturday at Pioneer Cemetery on a muggy morning that had yet to hit the sweltering high temperatures of the later day and got to work. In the past, they'd planted hundreds of flags for Union veterans at Oak Hill Cemetery for ...
Topeka — A Leavenworth District Court judge finalized his decision to bar CoreCivic from housing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement prisoners at its closed facility, rejecting the private prison company’s appeal to reconsider. Judge John Bryant on Friday approved the language for the ...
Lawrence Transit's biggest projects, like a downtown bus station and electrifying more of its fleet, are anticipating some minor speed bumps. But in terms of growth, its director says the ride has been fairly smooth. Felice Lavergne, who took over as Lawrence Transit's full-time director in ...
