Energy plan approved for Lawrence city facilities
Lawrence commissioners approved 113 million in energy efficient upgrades across 50 city facilities funded by green bonds repaid over 22 years from anticipated savings. Projects include indoor air quality work at the Indoor Aquatic Center and LED lighting upgrades, with 30 projects total beginning in March.
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Four Lawrence Men Charged With Poker Gambling
Police Court at city hall handles four Lawrence men charged with gambling accused of playing poker. Four were cited for speeding and four quarts of red liquor seized from Theodore Hamilton who arrived from Kansas City on the interurban. Defense claims they were merely playing casino.
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White versus Muslim terrorism debate echoed in Duffy remarks
Leonard Pitts Jr. dissects Sean Duffy's CNN discussion on terrorism, arguing white extremism from Ku Klux Klan to Stormfront shows a pattern and that media often downplays white assaults. The piece cites Atlanta 1996, Oak Creek 2012, Colorado Springs 2015, and other attacks to challenge claims of rarity and innocence in whiteness.
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Wis
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Colorado Springs
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Birmingham
Norway
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Charleston
Emily Lyons
Abdelkrim Hassane
Cynthia Wesley
Trump defends civil forfeiture in a broad attack
George Will critiques Donald Trump for promoting civil forfeiture while sparing the law from reform. The column argues the policy profits law enforcement, harms modest property owners, and leverages fear to claim crime trends while noting past rates. Will cites constitutional risks and warns of moral hazard in asset seizure practices.
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Donald Trump
U.S
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Texas
America
George Will
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Notable historical anniversaries from February history
On February 12, 1809 Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky. Lady Jane Grey, beheaded in 1554 for treason, and Guildford Dudley share a grim Tudor fate. Groundbreaking for the Lincoln Memorial occurred in 1914 in Washington. In 1999 the Senate acquitted Bill Clinton of perjury and obstruction.
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LaRue) County
Kentucky
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Senate
Bill Clinton
Dual purpose depot potential for bus stop and Amtrak
Tony Hickman of Eudora suggests combining the planned Santa Fe depot purchase with a new Greyhound bus stop. He argues the depot can serve both functions, offering a dual purpose off road site easier than downtown routes and preserving Amtrak travelers’ lobby use.
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Tony Hickman
Eudora
Community thanks Islamic Center of Lawrence for Feb event
Lynne Bodle of Lawrence thanks the Islamic Center of Lawrence and other groups for a February 4 South Park event, praising how Muslim neighbors were made to feel welcome and thanking all contributors and attendees.
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Islamic Center
Lawrence
South Park
Lynne Bodle
Reader letters invite civil discourse and signatures
Readers are encouraged to submit letters under 250 words that avoid name calling and libel, with all letters signed. Submissions can be sent by mail to P O Box 888 Lawrence KS 66044 or by email to letters at ljworld.com.
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