Editorial on Kansas sales tax growth in Lawrence
An editorial examines Lawrence 2016 sales tax rise of 55 percent, compares it to Olathe, and questions why growth occurred. It cites Menards opening near 31st and Iowa streets as a potential driver and urges study of retail leakage and future shopping-center proposals to sustain revenue for 2018 budgeting.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Olathe
Rock Chalk Park
Menards
31St
Iowa Streets
Ottawa
de Soto
Kansas City
City Commission
Today in History Highlights from January 22
A 1917 Wilson address urged peace without victory before Congress as America began its entry into WWI. Christopher Columbus reached St. Vincent in 1498. Queen Victoria died in 1901, with Edward VII succeeding. Thornton Wilder's Our Town premiered in 1938 on New Jersey soil. Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in 1973 with trimester framework.
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Congress
Europe
America
Western Hemisphere
Christopher Columbus
Caribbean
St. Vincent
Britain
Victoria
Edward VII
Thornton Wilder
Our Town
Princeton
New Jersey
US Supreme Court
Trump promises magical solutions in inauguration remarks
Leonard Pitts critiques Donald Trump after his inauguration speech calling it magical thinking and political theater. The piece argues poverty and crime won’t vanish by willpower and urges continued long term reform using best ideas and minds. The Miami Herald columnist weighs the rhetoric against reality.
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Donald Trump
Trump
Free World
America
Cone
White House
Congress
Leonard Pitts
Miami Herald
Education wars repeat in Betsy DeVos debate
Debates over improving schools intensify as Betsy DeVos faces confirmation, signaling potential privatization and voucher expansion. The Education Week Quality Counts report shows no state earns an A while divisions persist between privatization advocates and supporters of traditional public schools.
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Betsy DeVos
Trump
DeVos
America
Education Week
Frustra Research Center
Ameri
Long- House
Jim Harvey
Gene A. Budig
Centrol
of Schools
Alan
Heaps
Comes
Public Forum on middle class complacency and urban planning
A reader questions links between middle class complacency and societal trends while urging focus on infrastructure. The letter discusses the Northeast Development Plan, Capital Improvement Plan, and 2030 Transportation Plan to connect Kansas Highway 10 with US Highways 24, arguing such links could boost rail, airport, and industrial corridors in northeast Douglas County and Lawrence, respecting environmental impact assessments.
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South Lawrence
Douglas County
Lawrence
Richardson Snyder
Letters for Mail Submissions to Lawrence KS
Readers may submit letters by mail to P O Box 888 in Lawrence Kansas 66044 or by email at letters Jjworld com.
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P.O
Lawrence KS
Jjworld.com
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Pardner
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Spitts
Omia Minerala Cam
By Gene A. Budig and
Alan Heaps
Federal
Department of Education
Goleman
U.S
Las
Esses Mo ‘Edule
Randi Hacker
Lawrence Journal- World
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