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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 2015
Page
4
A reader prompt from Sylas May invites responses about the most photographed place in Lawrence. The piece highlights Watson Park’s train as a popular subject when lit up and asks readers at the Lawrence Public Library to share their own views on LJWorld.com.
The Kansas Legislature special committee recommends raising the property damage liability minimum to 25 000 while preserving bodily injury limits. chair Rep Scott Schwab noted most drivers carry more than minimum and warned higher bodily injury limits may not help worst case victims. He emphasized this change would mainly aid those at minimum levels and could affect credit in case of claims.
The Lawrence school board discussed whether to conduct an internal superintendent search or hire an outside firm. Auburn Washburn reports a pool of 30 candidates and the district weighs time, connections, equity goals, and finding a candidate with a specific profile. Superintendent Rick Doll will resign effective June 30 to take a position at Kansas State University. The board reviewed four firms with proposals and a cost range of about 18 500 to 25 000 dollars plus expenses, planning to interview firms before deciding at the December 14 meeting.
The Shawnee Mission district lost a court challenge over severing the local option budget LOB from the funding formula. The ruling holds districts lack independent taxing authority and could lose taxing power if the local option budget law is overturned. Kansas repealed the old formu la but kept the LOB. two years of block grants followed. The district appealed to the 10th Circuit, which rejected the argument in June.
More than 700 children are expected on the Kansas University campus Wednesday for the MILK Holiday Party at the Kansas Union. About 200 KU student volunteers will staff the noon to 6 p.m. event, organized by MILK, a KU program that pairs students with Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence to support after school programs.
Kansas University School of Business Dean Neeli Bendapudi has been named to the board of directors for MRI Global. MRI Global, based in Kansas City Missouri, conducts contract research for government and industry and operates facilities for the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense. Each board term lasts three years with a maximum of three terms, the release states.
Matt and Azure Stapleton in Lawrence announce the birth of a girl on Monday and a boy named Monday to Brooke Hester Ramsey and Kyle Ramsey in Lawrence.
The Lawrence city manager race candidate Tom Markus is 64, correcting a Sunday edition error. Readers may call 832-7297 or email soundoff ljworld.com with questions or comments.
A 14 member Court of Appeals panel heard the case as six more justices said the district court judge and Court of Appeals judges have stake. Lawmakers added a funding hold rule in 2015 if the selection law is overturned. Four judges, led by Douglas County Chief Judge Robert Fairchild, filed a separate suit challenging the funding law. Schmidt filed a separate action in Neosho County where a judge paused the law until March 15 to let the Legislature address funding if the selection law falls.
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