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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 2013
Page
4
Adam Strunk reports residents at Dillons in Lawrence weigh in on a $700 million state deficit and whether income taxes should be cut next year. Opinions vary from opposition to support due to budget concerns. People cite impacts on funding and personal finances amid economic strain.
Compton and Treanor entertain the idea of a downtown Lawrence convention center as part of a broader push for urban infrastructure. They note downtown tools and incentives like tax increment financing could support such a project, while downtown visitors center plans gain interest from Cathy Hamilton of Downtown Lawrence Inc. Separate coverage reports 2013 apartment plans for Frontier Apartments Phase II, including 18 one bedrooms and 18 two bedrooms, with LEED aims and prior artificial grass controversy, and potential impacts from Knology on underground repairs.
City reporter Chad Lawhorn can be reached at 832-6362. Follow him at Twitter com clawhorn ljw.
John Wilkins of Gould Evans says proposals were solicited from moving firms with library experience, including local movers. Interviews were held with the two lowest bidders, one local, and Beltmann of Lenexa was chosen as best value for the $18 million project.
A Valley Falls man, Todd Erickson, died when a Ford F-350 rolled over on Fairview Road near Oskaloosa. Driver David McHenry of McLouth was airlifted to KU Hospital in serious condition. condition not available Monday. Also reported: a Lawrence man jailed on Johnson County warrants and a KU student charged with rape, plus three Lawrence men arrested for burglary and related charges after a Redbud Lane incident.
A Monday correction clarifies that unclassified Kansas Department for Children and Families jobs were filled by former state Rep Brenda Landwehr and ex Senate candidate Kenya Cox. The Journal-World also corrects authorship of A Kansas Bestiary, noting Doug Hitt and Lisa Grossman are Kansas Land Trust members.
Julian Sommer and Chebon Dawes in Lawrence welcomed a boy on Monday. Charles and Valerie LaMont of Lawrence welcomed a second boy.
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