State education commissioner blasted over remark about Native Americans
Governor calls for resignation as state education commissioner faces criticism after a remark about Native Americans. John Hanna reports on political fallout and potential leadership changes in state education.
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Randy Watson
Kansas
State Board of Education
Topeka
Effort to end food tax faces big legislative hurdles
Kansas residents struggle to afford groceries as inflation pushes cost from about 30 to 50 per week for Pat Tyson Wiggins of Lawrence. The retired nurse relies on local food bank Just Food while hoping for relief from proposed tax changes.
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Patty Wiggins
Wiggins
Lawrence
Just Food
Watkins Museum opens 1882 lynching exhibit in Lawrence
The Watkins Museum of History will open an exhibit today about the 1882 lynching of three Black men near downtown Lawrence. The museum partnered with the Lawrence/Douglas County Community Remembrance Project Coalition to commemorate the event and add a marker at the lynching site.
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Watkins Museum of History
Lawrence
Watkins
Douglas County
Retirement complex plans advance in northwest Lawrence
A St. Louis group moves forward with a 53 unit assisted living and 22 unit memory care development at Bauer Farm near Sixth Street and Folks Road seeking city tax break assistance. project sites on vacant land.
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Lans
Lawrence
Bauer Farm
Sixth Street
Folks Road
Cedarhurst Senior Living seeks $230K sales tax break
Chad Lawhorn reports Cedarhurst Assisted Living and Memory Care filed final development plans in Lawrence, seeking a city tax break not on property tax but to avoid about $230,000 in sales taxes on construction materials for the facility near Theatre Lawrence. A rendering shows the entrance and dining area for the proposed senior living community.
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Cedarhurst Assisted Living and Memory Care
Theatre Lawrence
Northwest
Lawrence
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