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Today every single community in the United States that includes thousands of individuals has a “homeless problem.” Some in our community are advocating against raising the sales tax in Lawrence by five one-hundredths of a penny (that’s right, .05% is $0.0005 or 5/100 of a cent). I call ...
As a pastor of the United Church of Christ, I inherit a liberal faith tradition. By liberal I mean a faith that is not static, chiseled in stone or received from on high. Instead, it is more like a conversation between transcendent truths and the complexities of life. Truths are forged on the ...
Shall the following be adopted? Shall the City of Lawrence, Kansas, abandon the Commission-Manager form of government and adopt a Modified Mayor-Council Manager form of government and become a city operating under a Modified Mayor-Council Manager form of government? Yes? No? Hello ...
Recently the city staff has received a recommendation from their site consultant to secure a new site for the location of City Hall. The site being recommended is the former Sally Mae site, located on the bluffs near Sixth and Iowa streets. This was a huge surprise to many of us. Allow me to ...
I have voted in favor of every bond issue ever proposed by the city, county or school district. I voted for the T, I voted for the library, I voted for the sales tax to support initiatives for affordable housing and homelessness in 2017, and 25-plus years ago I wrote a guest editorial in ...
Kansas ranked last in the “State of Mental Health in America 2023” report. The need for improved mental health care is impossible to ignore. Kansas took an important step to create social worker jobs and facilitate care across the state by joining the Social Work Licensure Compact in ...