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2002 in the Lawrence area shaped by budget battles and riots
A yearlong ledger of 2002 from Kansas and Lawrence chronicles political fights over budget cuts 4% tax rise and insurance mergers, KU sports glory and milestones, school layoffs and district battles, a campus ice storm, and local crime. It tracks Governor Graves and Kathleen Sebelius through a winter to spring pivot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Kansas University
Bill Graves
Blue Cross of
Anthem
Sebelius
31St Street
Katia Vanesa Cruz Murillo
Shannon Martin
Lawrence
Coach Light Apartments
W. 24Th St
Janet Murphy
Robert Hemenway
USD
Randy Weseman
Weseman
Kathleen Sebelius
Anthem Insurance Co
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
KU Continuing Education
Langston Hughes
Danny Glover
Central Junior High School
Hughes
Lied Center
Langston
Jim and
Jesse McReynolds
Lawrence Holidome
Jayhawks
Maryland
Oregon
Illinois
Stanford
Holy Cross
Missouri
Tim Shallenburger
Kansas Board of Regents
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Mike Rundle
Sue Hack
Topeka
Lawrence School Board
Drew Gooden
Roy Williams
American Rivers
Kansas River
Robert F. Kennedy Jr
Baker
South Lawrence
Hannah
Douglas County
Vernon Folks
Eudora
Folks
Clarence Rinke
Jefferson County
Collin Cady
Noah Gleason
Charlotte Bennett
Rinke
Iowa Street
Chase Court
Stewart Ave
Kansas Department of Transportation
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Grant School
Davis Road
Sarah Miller
Oak Hill Cemetery
Fred Kerr
Dan Bloom
Bob Knight
News Center
Sue Neustifter
Register of Deeds
Lawrence Public
Museum of Anthropology
Kansas Geological Survey
Mike Yoder
Journal-World
14Th Street