KU budget cuts spark town hall on university finances
Interim Provost Carl Lerner outlined a 20 million dollar cut for the Lawrence campus to prevent fiscal calamity and flatten spending while aiming to preserve savings. He pledged future town halls to discuss aspirational priorities as critics pressure for jet sale and broader campus funding solutions.
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Trial verdicts in Lawrence motel shooting case return Friday
Jurors in Douglas County District Court convicted Tyrone Carvin and Ramone Singleton, both of Kansas City Kansas, of voluntary manslaughter for shooting Cameron Hooks in Motel 6 room 308. They also got aggravated battery and aggravated assault charges. sentencing set for Oct. 10. Shawn Smith received a mistrial on murder counts with trial set for Jan. 22.
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Kansas weighs privatized child welfare amid 7000 in foster care
Kansas faces 7000+ children in foster care awaiting reunification or adoption as lawmakers and a task force reexamine privatized services. Governor hopeful Sen. Laura Kelly and DCF official Gina Meier-Hummel cite funding, oversight, and staffing as core issues, with recommendations to raise social worker salaries and improve prevention.
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Lawrence store owner contemplates closing family shop
Mercurio, third generation in a Lawrence retail family since 1923, faces lease renewal and a shrinking desire for five more years in a business he calls all they have ever done. Despite good fall prospects and national retail gains, the store will wind down to four locations as leases expire and retirement nears while staff boost personal shopping to combat online competition.
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