Remote learning blocked for Lawrence schools this year
Lawrence schools will not offer remote learning in the 2021-22 year under House Bill 2134 guidance. The district will instead direct families to the virtual school if remote study is needed, as cases rise in Douglas County and Delta variant concerns grow. Masks are required in district buildings.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Anthony Lewis
Kansas State Department of Education
Lewis
Douglas County
Lawrence Douglas County
Douglas County Commission
Watkins Museum to Rename Research Room After Donation
The Watkins Museum of History in Lawrence will renovate its research room and archives with a $75,000 gift from Carol J. Koenig in memory of her mother. The Kramer Family Research Room will house relocated collections, updated digitizing equipment, and expanded storage as Hernly Associates leads design. Public research will pause Sept. 1 as renovations begin spring 2022 and are expected to finish summer 2022.
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Watkins Museum of History
Lawrence
Carol J. Koenig
Daisy Viola Kramer Koenig
Douglas County
Massachusetts St
Kramer
Hernly Associates Inc
KU professor alleges FBI misled judge in Tao case
A University of Kansas professor Feng Franklin Tao claims an FBI agent used false information to secure search warrants for Tao's emails and devices. Tao, noted as associate professor at KU's Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, faced charges of wire fraud and program fraud tied to federal grant funds and a Chinese university affiliation. The motion seeks to suppress warrants' evidence. FBI and DOJ declined comment. The U.S. attorney's office will respond in court per The Washington Post report.
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University of Kansas
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Washington Post
Feng
Franklin
Tao
Journal-World
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U.S. Department of Justice
Justice Department
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Kansas
County to consider extension of racial stops study contract
Douglas County Commission will weigh approving a 43 750 extension to the Northeastern University contract to study racial breakdowns in traffic stops and police contact. With five agencies sharing costs the total would rise to 218 750 and the county and Lawrence City would bear about 105 230 and 105 220 respectively.
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Douglas County
Douglas County Commission
Northeastern University
Boston
Commission
City of
Lawrence
Baldwin City couple to open microbrewery and eatery in old grocery site
Cory and Jenni Venable plan Baldwin City Beer Co for 7800 square feet of the former Antiques on the Prairie building at Sixth and High. They will pair a microbrewery with a barbecue restaurant and add an event space for weddings, parties, and live music, after the building’s purchase.
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Cory Venable
Baldwin City
Jenni
Venables
Sixth and High Streets
Stan Vickers
Sixth
Indiana
Ryan Niehoff
Venable
Vickers
Baldwin City Beer Co
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