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Hosting Algeria’s World Cup team brings prestige, not profit, to KU Athletics

Hosting a World Cup team may sound like a financial win, but an official says KU Athletics expects to break even as Team Algeria trains in Lawrence this summer. It was announced in February that Team ...
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Finalists for Kansas Supreme Court vacancy willing to stand for election if amendment passes

A constitutional amendment on voters' Aug. 4 ballots would require Kansas Supreme Court justices to be chosen through direct ...
Lawrence Times

Lawrence City Commission to consider selling parking lot at 7th and New Hampshire for affordable housing

Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday will consider selling a downtown parking lot — for less than 10% of its appraised value — to affordable housing developers. Merriam-based Cohen-Esrey Development ...
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Lawrence bike plan will guide future city construction projects; public comment period coming up

Lawrence’s Bike Plan Steering Committee is nearing completion of an updated plan that city staff say will shape bicycle safety and infrastructure priorities for the next five years. There will be an ...
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Lawrence school board approves contracts with raises for teachers, district staff

Lawrence school board members voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve new contracts with raises for the district’s ...
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Lawrence school district weighing increase to meal prices; board to vote in June

Lawrence school board members did not yet vote Tuesday on whether to raise school meal prices next year by 15 cents for ...
Lawrence Times

Streamline Coffee closes in downtown Lawrence; Tex-Mex restaurant opens on west side

Streamline Coffee will permanently close its doors in downtown Lawrence on Tuesday, and a new Tex-Mex restaurant has opened across town. The shop’s final day of business is Tuesday, with hours until 2 ...
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Lawrence City Commission approves $2.1M purchase of old printing press building for City Hall annex

Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday agreed to purchase the former newspaper printing press building downtown, to be used as a city hall annex, for $2.1 million. They’re not rushing to complete an ...
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Kansas U.S. House, U.S. Senate members seek to defend incumbency against 25 challengers

From left, U.S. Reps. Tracey Mann and Shanice Davids, U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, and U.S. Reps. Ron Estes and Derek Schmidt are defending their seats against 25 challengers in the August primary ...
Lawrence Times

K-10 Connector suspended for summer; Lawrence Transit expands World Cup bus service

Johnson County Transit has suspended the K-10 Connector bus service for the summer, and Lawrence Transit is expanding service with new “Score Lawrence” routes for World Cup match days. The K-10 ...
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Lawrence library’s How-To Festival to return

Learn how to help a turtle cross the road, fold origami, spark a firefly festival and much more at the Lawrence Public Library’s How-To Festival this weekend. The annual festival is slated for 10 a.m.
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New butterfly tagging technology turns hypotheses to facts for KU’s Monarch Watch

Outfitted with a little eyelash glue and tiny, solar-powered tags, Kristen Baum and her team at Monarch Watch will be able to watch the progress of monarch butterflies hatched in Lawrence as they fly ...