Lawrence City Commission Contact Details
Lawrence officials Courtney Shipley mayor and Bart Littlejohn hold city commission roles with direct phone lines and email domains provided. The page lists these two figures alongside their contact numbers and lawrenceks.org addresses for public inquiries.
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Courtney Shipley
Lawrenceks
Kansas Legislators Contact Directory Snapshot
Area lawmakers listed with district, office room, cities Topeka and Lawrence and phone lines. includes Rep Barbara Ballard Rep Mike Amyx Rep Lance Neelly Sen Marci Francisco Sen Tom Holland and Sen Mike Thompson with district numbers and web addresses.
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Barbara Ballard
44Th
State Capitol
Topeka
Lawrence
Barbara.ballard
House
Mike Amyx
Mike.Amyx
Lance Neelly
Lance.neelly
Marci Francisco
Marci.Francisco
Senate
Tom Holland
Mike Thompson
Civic engagement and civic education in modern democracy
Michael A. Smith surveys renewed interest in fostering civic engagement through local action and classroom programs. He cites Graham and Hand's America The Owner's Manual, APSA teaching conferences, Hibbing and Theiss-Morse, and experiments in State and Local Government classes. He notes media fragmentation, STEM emphasis, and K-12 pressure on civics, urging robust civic education for future voters.
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U.S
Bob Graham
Chris Hand
America
American Political Science Association
APSA
Journal of Political Science Education
Graham
Midwest Political Science Association
Hibbing
Theiss-Morse
Barack Obama
Ronald Reagan
Ayn Rand
Pope Francis
Path to peace in Ukraine hinges on painful tradeoffs
The article discusses tentative peace talks in Turkey between Russia and Ukraine and the debate over neutrality versus continued fighting. It notes risks for Ukraine and the West if a neutral Ukraine leaves the country vulnerable, cites analysts on settlement timelines, and highlights U S and British pressure through declassified intelligence. It mentions possible divisions of Ukraine and potential paths to a durable pause, including NATO non-membership and European Union aspirations.
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Washington
Fred Iklé
Ukraine
Russia
Turkey
Vladimir Putin
West
Putin
Biden
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Stephen Hadley
George W. Bush
Switzerland
Konstantin Grushchenko
U.S
Iklé
Odessa
Donbas
North
South Korea
India
Pakistan
China
Vietnam
Harvard
Graham Allison
Allison
United States
Jeremy Fleming
Britain
GCHQ
Zinger
Kremlin
Fleming
Vladimir Medinsky
Moscow
NATO
European Union
Kyiv
David Ignatius
Washington Post News Service & Syndicate
Public Forum: Biden’s leadership questioned on Ukraine war
John Moore argues Biden falters on international leadership while NATO unity strengthens and pressure grows for action. He contends Trump allies disparage Ukraine support, notes Biden stance against American troops, inflation and fault lines at home, and warns of growing perception of American weakness without decisive moves.
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Joe Biden
Donald Trump
Russia
Trump
Putin
Ukraine
Biden
NATO
Police Court Hears Railroad Trespassers in 1897
Lawrence Daily World reports Marshal Prentice arrested three men for throwing stones at a passenger train from a freight train. They were found guilty in police court and fined 20 dollars plus costs totaling 25 dollars each. Frank Smith, a vicious vagrant, was fined 20 dollars and costs. The piece notes thirteen men on the rock pile and comments on the old saying about luck. Dr Wm Bishop of Salina visits the city and local business notices mention business and a move by ex attorney general F B Dawes to practice law in town. Reprinted with permission from Sarah Parsons.
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Lawrence Daily World
Prentice
Union Pacific
Jeans
Frank Smith
City News
Wm. Bishop
Salina
Weise
Mass
F. B. Dawes
W. C. Coleman
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Sixth St
Douglas County Commission
Shannon Portillo
Sportillo
Douglascountyks.org
Shannon Reid
Sreid
Patrick Kelly
Douglas County Courthouse
Erica Hill
Ehill
Shannon Kimball
Kelly Jones
Kelly.Jones
Carole Cadue-Blackwood
Kay Emerson
Andrew Nussbaum
Andrew
J.nussbaum
Paula Smith
McDonald Drive
Dennis
Boog” Highberger
Boog
Highberger
Christina Haswood
Christina.haswood
John Hibbing
Elizabeth Theiss-Morse
University of Nebraska
Michael A. Smith
Emporia State University
Michael Smith
David Ignatius David Ignatius
Washpost.com
Poland
Afghanistan
John Moore
Sarah Parsons
Journal-World
Chad Lawhorn
Kim Callahan
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