Lawrence city delays final Rock Chalk Park payment audit ordered
Lawrence commissioners withheld the final 1.05 million due on the Rock Chalk Park infrastructure after reviewing canceled checks and documents released by the Kansas University Endowment Association. The audit will determine if payments covered work beyond the contract and assess oversight by Bliss Sports II and related Fritzel entities.
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Bush seeks expedience on gay marriage amid shifting tides
Leonard Pitts Jr of the Miami Herald critiques Jeb Bush's cautious statement on same sex marriage as conciliatory but expedient. He argues Bush avoids real change, signaling a shift in politics as marriage equality advances, with the Herald framing Bush as moving on rather than true reconciliation.
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In a January 15 1915 column visiting evangelist Rev. William Minges denounced dancing and card playing as moral harms. He argued mothers train girls for the brothel by teaching dancing and warned of two spirits behind these vices gambling in cards and sexuality in dancing.
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Public Forum Voices on Violence and Education Funding
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