Budget Colyer Takes Office as Brownback Resigns
Budget Colyer was sworn in Wednesday after former GOP Governor Sam Brownback resigned to become an ambassador. Colyer, Brownback's longtime lieutenant governor, aims for openness as Kansas faces tax cuts and budget strains. Brownback’s tense ties with the Legislature intensified amid 2012 13 tax cuts rolled back recently. budget director Shawn Sullivan faced sharp scrutiny.
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Campbell named budget chief in Colyer administration
Campbell, a 62 year old former banker and Olathe mayor, is named chief operating officer budget officer in Kansas. He will oversee state spending and policy across agencies while remaining on the House education funding committee that shaped the school finance formula. Colyer supporters frame the move as business like governance, while critics call it political maneuvering tied to Brownback era politics. Campbell plans to start Monday and will keep his Olathe council seat.
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Family faces deportation after Lawrence immigration arrest
Jamal Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi immigrant with three U.S. born children, was arrested in his driveway by ICE agents as his wife and schoolbound kids prepared for morning. He awaits deportation at Morgan County Detention Center. an online petition and local campaign seek a stay of removal.
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Community mobilizes to oppose Jamal deportation in Kansas
Community members organize to sign a petition against Syed Jamal’s deportation and send letters to the DHS. Two events today from 2 to 3 p.m. at Plymouth Congregational Church and 4 to 5 p.m. at the Islamic Center of Lawrence encourage signatures and support letters using Jamal’s case number 095209456. Jamal, a longtime Lawrence educator and scientist, arrived in 1987, studied at Rockhurst and UMKC, and works as a research scientist while teaching. His family fears potential deportation could halt his research and disrupt his three American children’s education, with slim odds of a stay of removal.
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Trees removed near Clinton Parkway Crestline Drive prompt anger
Landowners near the southwest Clinton Parkway Crestline Drive site demand action after a bulldozer pushed over a stand of trees, with neighbor Kenneth Prost of the Lawrence Child Development Center calling the incident aggressive. City planning director Scott McCullough says the trees fall under sensitive lands rules, noted when the project plans were filed.
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City weighs action after row over bulldozed trees near daycare
Lawrence residents and officials confront lawful limits after a stand of trees behind the Lawrence Child Development Center was bulldozed. The property owner and a California investment firm hold the site, while the city considers whether new trees must be planted if development proceeds. The incident triggers debates on private property rights versus environmental protections and how authorities respond to aggressive land clearing.
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Eichelberger Couple Welcomes Daughter in Lawrence
Hannah and Kyle Eichelberger of Lawrence announce the birth of a baby girl on Friday. The family welcomed the newest member at home with joyful celebrations.
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