Lawrence Candidates Debate Traffic, Libraries, and Rights
Lawrence City Commission hopefuls Rob Chestnut and Carey Maynard-Moody debated online at LJWorld com. They clashed on the South Lawrence Trafficway with Chestnut urging progress and an environmental study, while Maynard-Moody stressed respect for citizens including Haskell Nations University. Both favored library improvements and a domestic registry, with Chestnut seeking more information to avoid entanglements before decisions. The primary is next week with six advancing to the April 3 general election.
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Haskell Nations University
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Equality coalition backs three city candidates
The Lawrence-Douglas County Kansas Equality Coalition endorsed Commissioners Boog Highberger and David Schauner and candidate Carey Maynard Moody. They support a proposed domestic partnership registry to aid private employer benefits for domestic partners, without mandating benefits, while awaiting an AG opinion on state constitutional bans.
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Attorney General’s Office
Aviation CEOs rally to hire veterans in Wichita program
Wichita aircraft makers and union leaders launched a Hire a Hero program tapping $10 million in federal funds to train certify and place veterans in aerospace manufacturing. The pilot aims to fill 5 000 to 6 000 jobs as 40 percent of the local workforce may retire in the next five years.
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Tom Buffenbarger
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Dan Caulfield
HQ Group
Caulfield
Lecompton bridge work set to start next month
Douglas County plans March twelve start for Lecompton bridge reconstruction with an August ten reopening target. The project cost runs at 2.518 million dollars plus over 68 thousand for burying rail signal lines. BNSF delay could push line burial to April fifteenth.
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