Lawrence Ed Board Faces Community Rattle Over School Closures
Editorial critiques Lawrence district efforts to close elementary and middle schools after a 2013 92.5 million bond funded years of improvements. It urges transparency, businesslike budgeting, exploring STEM magnet or Montessori options, and possible busing changes to preserve neighborhood schools amid rising taxpayer anger.
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Lawrence
New York Elementary
Pinckney
Woodlawn
Broken Arrow
Kennedy
Scott Morgan
New York
West Lawrence
Biden and GOP collapse into partisan impasse criticized
Leonard Pitts Jr. argues Republicans lack interest in bipartisanship, mired in culture war and loyalty to Trump. Biden's confrontational stance aims to expose GOP aims, urging Democrats to abandon hope of bipartisan governance and defend democracy against a rising white nationalist faction.
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Biden
Covid
Dr. Seuss
Tucker Carlson
GOP
Donald Trump
Harry Truman
Harry
Truman
Republican Congress
Senate
Republican Party
America
Leonard Pitts Jr
The
Miami Herald
MAID debate framed by a grieving photographer couple
Amanda Villegas documents the last days of her husband Chris, who died from metastatic bladder cancer in 2019. The piece argues MAID as a dignity preserving option, noting California reforms in 2022 and global trends, with reflections on ethics, safeguards, and end of life care.
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Washington
Amanda Villegas
Chris
California
Amanda
New Mexico
The
Economist Magazine
Oregon
Kim Callinan
Compassion & Choices
MAID
George Will
Washington Post News Service & Syndicate
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Washpost.com
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