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As a former district attorney of Douglas County, I am shocked and appalled at some of the recent reports by the Journal-World regarding the conduct of the District Attorney’s Office. Most recently, was the report of the devastated rape victim who was not informed of a re-sentencing hearing ...
It’s no secret that recent years have been tough on small businesses and on newspapers. A bipartisan bill that has been introduced in Congress would offer relief to both newspapers and local businesses. For too many newspapers, help can’t come soon enough. Economic challenges have resulted ...
Parts of the U.S. Constitution are patterned after the Magna Carta, which contained a clause that if the King deprived barons of their rights, they could claim those rights by force of arms. But that doesn’t mean our Constitution says something similar, no matter how you read the Second ...
Several years ago the city embarked on a project to update our comprehensive plan, Horizon 2020. The new plan, Plan 2040, is our community plan for guiding growth for the next two decades. Crafting the plan was a labor-intensive endeavor by city staff and steering committee volunteers. The ...
Imagine going through life being told that you are wrong. Not your opinions, not your ideas, not your beliefs — you. Imagine how it would feel, watching your child struggle to find a reason to continue living in a world that insists that they are wrong. There are hundreds of people in Kansas ...
As the Douglas County sheriff, I take my responsibility seriously in doing everything I can to keep our community safe. But our community, like many others across this country, has not been immune to the public health epidemic caused by pills laced with the opioid fentanyl. A study conducted ...