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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 2018
Page
1
Activists from two groups clashed with Douglas County officials over a planned 44 million jail expansion. The Saturday discussion at the Lawrence Arts Center, hosted by the Douglas County Democratic Party, aimed to inform voters about a half cent sales tax referendum funding both the jail project and mental health initiatives.
Kerry Altenbernd urges greater commemoration of the Grovers, freedom seekers, and John Brown, emphasizing the building’s history and the people involved, as Guardians of Grover Barn leadership.
Lawrence seeks to honor its abolitionist history by transforming a city-owned stone barn once owned by Joel and Emily Grover dating to territorial days. The site, a rare Underground Railroad stop, housed fleeing enslaved people including a group led by John Brown. A local preservation group pushes to open the space and stories to public memory.
Kansas utility officials voice concern over a White House plan to privatize all transmission assets of the regional power marketing administrations. The proposal targets PMAs that distribute hydroelectric power from federal dams to rural cooperatives and cooperatives, municipal utilities, and other not for profit entities, including some military bases. The Southwestern Power Administration, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, would be affected.
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