Local option budget election questions on ballot in Lawrence
Voters in the Lawrence school district will receive mail ballots by week’s end to decide whether to keep the local option budget at 33 percent, preserving about $1.4 million annually. Ballots must be returned by noon January 27 to the Douglas County clerk's office with a postage paid return envelope.
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Gift to KU Seen as Investment by Donor
An accounting firm donated 300000 toward construction of a new home for the KU School of Business and frames the gift as an investment in the project.
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Audit moves ahead as Rock Chalk Park contract debated
City commissioners in Lawrence on a 5 0 vote agreed to start negotiations with McDonald Associates of Tennessee to audit the no bid Rock Chalk Park infrastructure project including roads parking lots sewer lines and related work valued near 12 million while authorizing another 1 million payment to satisfy much of the total due on the project a joint effort involving the city Kansas University Endowment Association and a private firm led by city officials.
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Bitter cold grips northeast Kansas with school closures
The National Weather Service in Topeka warns of wind chills from 15 to 20 below zero this morning and again Thursday. Public schools in Tonganoxie Basehor-Linwood Oskaloosa and McLouth plus Veri tas Christian School are closed due to the bitter air mass and single digit temperatures with northerly winds.
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