The Lawrence-Douglas County Chapter of Women for Kansas will be hosting a candidate forum for congressional candidates who will appear on the ballot in November. The event will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. The Congressional District 1 ...
After losing in the primary election, Commissioner Gene Dorsey is launching a write-in campaign for Douglas County Commission District 4, saying the general election should give all voters a voice. His opponent in the primary, Ethan Spurling, received 1,999 votes, while Dorsey received 1,688 ...
Sex crimes in public bathrooms are not a thing, and neither is a man donning female clothing in order to assault a woman in a public bathroom. That was the upshot of a forensic psychologist's testimony Wednesday in Douglas County District Court. Dr. Cynthia Calkins, a professor at John Jay ...
Douglas County commissioners say they would be interested in turning some of the “tiny homes” behind the city’s homeless shelter into temporary housing for individuals following a health crisis. The pilot – Monarch CARES, which stands for Crisis And Respite Extended Stay – would be ...
Four transgender men and one intersex woman on Tuesday told a Douglas County judge how Kansas’ anti-trans law known as SB 244 has negatively impacted their lives - forcing them to surrender their driver’s licenses, to problematically use certain bathrooms, to live in fear of being outed and ...
The University of Kansas Health System will be acquiring full ownership of the St. Francis Campus in Topeka, with the transition expected to be completed by January 2027. The St. Francis Campus has been under joint ownership between the KU Health System and Ardent Health since 2017. At the ...