Lawrence City Commission contact and state senator details
Lawrence City Commission contact: Mayor Bart Littlejohn, 785-380-9413, blittlejohn lawrenceks.org. State Senator Rick Kloos (R District 19) Office: Room 418-E, State Capitol Topeka 66612. phone 785-296-7645. email Rick.Kloos senate.ks.gov.
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Blittlejohn
Lawrenceks.org
Barbara Ballard
44Th
State Capitol
Topeka
Barbara.ballard
Mike Amyx
45Th
Dennis Boog
Highberger
Dennis
House
Christina Haswood
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Lance Neelly
Lance.neelly
Carrie Barth
Marci Francisco
Marci.Francisco
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Rick.Kloos
Kansas moralistic politics shape 2024 legislative push
Alexandra Middlewood of Wichita State University frames Kansas as having a moralistic political culture and predicts a busy 2024 session with pre filed bills on K 12 calendar, health care definitions, direct vehicle sales, and constitutional home rule. She notes debates on Medicaid expansion marijuana legalization education funding and social policy during the session.
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Tesla
Kansas
Home Rule
Senate
Tom Holland
Baldwin City
Alexandra Middlewood
Wichita State University
Horseshoe theory reshapes American political extremes
Jonah Goldberg argues 2023 marks a shift toward illiberalism as both ends of the spectrum converge. He notes anti-statist impulses on the left and right, cancels culture, and a swing toward Europe’s state-centric rhetoric, with media influence widening polarization.
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Stalin
Russia
Hitler
Germany
National Assembly
U.S
America
Donald Trump
Trump
Maga
Wayne Booth
Jonah Goldberg
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YE OLD HOMETOWN NOTES FROM 1873 AND 1898
From the Daily Kansas Tribune and Lawrence Daily Journal dated December 30, 1873 and 1898. Items include a churn patent note by Roberts Bros and C Livingston, jail registers crediting Missouri arrests, a diary offer at Marsh and Ross, and commentary on a second telephone company in Lawrence with Bell telephone context and pricing. Local historian voice by Sarah Parsons.
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Roberts Bros
C. Livingston
Missouri
Marsh & Ross
Lawrence Daily Journal
Lawrence
Topeka
Bell
Public Forum Warns Against Presidential Candidate Echoing Hitler
A letter warns that a 2024 presidential candidate’s rhetoric mirrors Adolf Hitler by dehumanizing opponents as vermin and immigrants as poisoning the blood of the country. The writer, an older adult with a disability, questions potential cuts to Social Security Medicare and food programs and urges voters to heed Maya Angelou’s caution.
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U.S
Adolf Hitler
New York Times
Hitler
White House
Maya Angelou
Dot Nary
Lawrence
Letters to the Editor At LJ World Guidelines
Readers are advised letters must be 250 words or fewer and signed with the writer’s name address and telephone number. Submissions are accepted via email at letters ljworld.com.
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