City urged to rethink LED streetlight temperatures in Lawrence
Lawrence residents push to swap to warmer LED colors to curb sky glow and health effects. Adrian Melott of KU and the Lawrence Alliance for Responsible Lighting cite hundreds of studies on blue light disruption. Westar Energy defends current bulbs as standard and safe. A five year Science study notes rising sky glow globally.
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Adrian Melott
University of Kansas
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Lawrence Alliance For Responsible
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Fragmented lamp color labels for white temperature list
A partial OCR fragment lists color temperatures for lighting tones. It shows 4 800 K cool white, 4 000 K natural white, and 2 700 K warm white references, but context and full descriptions are missing.
Kansas Courts Stand Out For Diversity Gap In State Judges
A study titled The Gavel Gap from the American Constitution Society finds Kansas has a notably white and male dominated state court system. Researchers from Vanderbilt and the University of Toronto analyzed bios of over 10 000 state judges, comparing to Census data to reveal a 30 percent female share and 38 percent of judges of color nationwide.
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SWAT raid case questions police honesty during tea leaf tests
A federal trial in Kansas centers on whether police misstated field test results from discarded tea leaves found in a Leawood trash pile to obtain a search warrant for a SWAT raid on Robert and Adrynn Harte. The Hartes, ex CIA employees, seek 7 million dollars for damages and punitive relief after the 2012 raid.
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Adrynn Harte
Leawood
Hartes
CIA
Robert Harte
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