Lawrence City Commission Members and Contact Information
The Lawrence City Commission lists Courtney Shipley as mayor with 764-8998 and cshipley lawrenceks.org, Lisa Larsen as vice mayor with 785-331-9162 and llarsen lawrenceks.org, Brad Finkelder with 785-550-9699 and bfinkelder lawrenceks.org, Amber Sellers with 785-813-1381 and asellers lawrenceks.org, and Bart Littlejohn with 785-380-9413 and blittlejohn lawrenceks.org. Letters may be mailed to commissioners at City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St., Lawrence KS 66044.
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Courtney Shipley
Lawrenceks
Lisa Larsen
Llarsen
Lawrenceks.org
Brad Finkelder
Bfinkelder
Amber Sellers
Asellers
Bart Littlejohn
Blittlejohn
City Hall
Sixth St
Lawrence
Rockpile near ready riot and jazz ban at Emporia college
From 1872 to 1922 items include a rockpile near the city jail set to be wired for operation and prisoners to crush limestone, Emporia college’s dean banning jazz and dance records at the girls dormitory, and Earl Silverthorn injured in a car crash as a previous appendicitis wound reopened.
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Emporia
College of Emporia
Earl Silverthorn
J. B. Watkins
Cadillac
Silverthorn
Rotten fish in Beijing Games and Hong Kong rights
Kathleen Parker argues against China hosting the Beijing Winter Olympics, highlighting political prisoners including Jimmy Lai and the suppression of free press in Hong Kong. She urges global and corporate pressure to defend human rights, contrasts with U.S. political censorship debates, and condemns authoritarianism while criticizing Olympic disengagement from politics.
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Beijing
Jimmy Lai
China
Lai
Hong Kong
Apple Daily
Yeung Ching-kee
Tower of London
Britain
United States
Washington
NBC
New York
Committee For Freedom In
CFHK
Chinese Communist Party
Republican Party
GOP
Donald Trump
Republican National Committee
Liz Cheney
Wyo
Adam Kinzinger
House
Cheney
Kinzinger
RNC
Nathan Chen
Kathleen Parker
Washington Post News Service & Syndicate
Hypersonics Policy Gridlock Halts U S Lead in Missiles
Washington analysis notes the Pentagon fell behind China and Russia after early U S leadership in hypersonic tech. Gen Hyten cites risk aversion and repeated test failures as slowing progress, while China and Russia surged ahead with hundreds of tests. Production gaps and inertia hinder modernization efforts. David Ignatius discusses lessons and stakes for defense policy.
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Washington
Pentagon
China
Russia
United States
USS
Air Force
John E. Hyten
Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hyten
U.S
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DARPA
David D. Thompson
Halifax International Security
Michael White
Frank Kendall
Kendall
White
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Lawrence City Commission
Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Sarah Parsons
Facebook.com
Bening
Dramireztoor
Michaelpramirez.com
Journal-World
The
Lawrence Journal-World
Chad Lawhorn
Kim Callahan
Allison Tait
Nations
David Ignatius David Ignatius
Washpost.com
David Ignatius
Jworld.com
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