WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to create a nationwide list of verified eligible voters and to restrict mail-in voting, a move that swiftly drew legal threats from state Democratic officials as the president demands further limitations on voting ahead ...
Lawrence residents can have city staff fill their trucks or trailers with compost or wood chips on Saturday in the city's first loading event of the season, the city announced on Tuesday. The loading event will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the city compost facility, 1420 E. 11th St. ...
Updated at 6:36 p.m., Thursday, March 2, 2026. Hundreds of local residents want Sheriff Jay Armbrister to oppose a bill on how much sheriffs must cooperate with ICE agents, but the sheriff is backing the bill. Armbrister told the Journal-World on Tuesday that he is supporting the bill ...
This April, Lawrence’s Sexual Trauma and Abuse Care Center is planning a trivia night, an art auction and more to help fund its education and support programs – and it’s bringing back a downtown vigil and march where survivors can speak out. STACC’s slate of programming for Sexual ...
Members of the labor union representing faculty members at the University of Kansas have overwhelmingly voted to ratify the union’s first contract with KU. Voting wrapped up late last week, and the union — United Academics of KU — recently posted on its website that 92% of members voted ...
Updated at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 31 Five years ago, the City of Lawrence adopted an ordinance banning so-called conversion therapy, but on Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 in a Colorado case that such bans violate the U.S. Constitution. Conversion therapy generally aims to ...
