MISSION — Republicans looking to protect their majority in the U.S. Senate have been unable to match the fundraising prowess of a party-switching Democratic state lawmaker in normally reliably red Kansas. It's unclear how much it matters that state Sen. Barbara Bollier raised $2.35 million ...
Brandon Holland, son of Sen. Tom Holland, D-Baldwin City, filed Friday to run for a seat in the Kansas House of Representatives. Holland, 31, is seeking election as a Democrat to the 10th District seat currently held by Rep. Eileen Horn, D-Lawrence. Horn, who began serving in 2017 after being ...
As the employer of hundreds of essential employees still physically reporting to work, the City of Lawrence may be able to provide an example to employers contemplating how to bring employees back to work safely once stay-at-home orders lift. For the city, precautions include daily ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
News and notes from around town, with a heavy dose of COVID-19 numbers, and information on a furlough policy that has some Hallmark employees upset. — The unemployment numbers are still grim for Douglas County, but now we have more company. The latest estimate compiled by researchers at ...
The Lawrence school district is still hoping to hold graduation ceremonies for seniors, despite the coronavirus pandemic that led to the cancellation of most school events. But Julie Boyle, a spokeswoman for the school district, said the district doesn’t yet know when those ceremonies may ...
About 1% of the Douglas County residents who responded to the health department's COVID-19 survey reported experiencing COVID-19 symptoms within the last two weeks. 114 residents out of the 11,405 who responded to the survey reported symptoms including fever, a persistent cough and shortness ...
TOPEKA — A top GOP official is calling on two Republican candidates to drop out of the race for the U.S. Senate. Party chairman Mike Kuckelman wrote to Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle and former Johnson County Commissioner Dave Lindstrom on Thursday in letters obtained by The Kansas City ...
After weeks of delay, the Kansas Department of Labor is now able to process claims for an extra $600 in weekly unemployment benefits generated from federal coronavirus stimulus packages, Gov. Laura Kelly announced. As a result, the department on Thursday will process over $3.4 million in extra ...
As some groups wage a legal battle against the governor’s ban on mass gatherings, several Lawrence-area religious leaders are more concerned with how to stay connected with their congregations without seeing them in person. Holding virtual services has presented plenty of challenges and ...
TOPEKA — Hundreds of people protested Thursday against Gov. Laura Kelly’s stay-at-home order for the state, many waving signs on sidewalks while others drove slowly around the Statehouse. About 150 people stood on the south side of the Statehouse or walked around the building with signs ...
The efforts of a local bicycle repair shop and donations from the community have helped save some of the bikes recently scrapped by a bike-share company. Some Lawrence residents expressed anger after the bike-share company Veo, formerly known as VeoRide, dropped off an approximately ...
Listed below is the majority of Lawrence police activity within the last 24 hours. Each afternoon the Lawrence Police Department releases a list of officer activity up to 6 a.m. on the date listed and extending back to 6 a.m. on the previous day. Each listing includes a date, time and general ...
MANHATTAN — A city commissioner in Manhattan, Kansas, said he was frustrated with government stay-at-home orders when he commented at a commission meeting this week that he was close to hoping everyone would get the coronavirus so the pandemic would end. “And I’m almost to the point ...
The University of Kansas will soon have $7.5 million in federal stimulus funds to distribute directly to students who have faced financial hardships as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chancellor Douglas Girod announced Thursday that KU will award the money in two ways: to students receiving ...
Despite school buildings being closed because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Lawrence school district is preparing for its classrooms to be full of students next fall. But Julie Boyle, a spokeswoman for the school district, said the district has faced challenges to get the word out ...
Though the Paper Plains Literary Festival — originally scheduled for this weekend — has been postponed until 2021, some participating authors will still discuss their works virtually in free sessions open to the public Friday through Sunday. Friday at 7 p.m., Grady Hendrix will discuss his ...
Despite the cancellation of this year's St. Patrick's Day parade and Irish Road Bowling event, the St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee presented a record total of $100,000 to its three 2020 children's charities. Every year, the committee raises money to support Douglas County children in need. ...
WASHINGTON — More than 4.4 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week as job cuts escalated across an economy that remains all but shut down, the government said Thursday. Roughly 26 million people have now filed for jobless aid in the five weeks since the ...
