Sneaky taxes and property valuation raises burdens
Editorial notes that even with steady mill levies, rising property valuations push tax bills higher. In Douglas County 2003 valuations rose 5.5 percent while the budget contemplates an 0.8 percent levy cut, or a 0.3 percent increase in Lawrence. A $150,000 home would owe about $127 more, illustrating how smaller mill increases multiply with higher valuations, urging officials to minimize hikes and bolster business development to ease residential tax burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Lawrence
Supreme Court backs school vouchers as constitutional
Knight Ridder notes the 5-4 ruling upholding vouchers, with Chief Justice Rehnquist calling the Cleveland program neutral and choice inducing. The piece argues vouchers remain poor policy, risking harm to public schools, widening gaps, and raising church state concerns, while acknowledging limited pilot potential. Larry Eichel of the Philadelphia Inquirer is cited.
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Supreme Court
Clarence Thomas
Cleveland
William Rehnquist
Thomas
Cognoscenti
Pledge of Allegiance reform proposal letters to editor
Dorothy Hoyt-Reed of Lawrence argues a at heart solution to the pledge controversy. She suggests a mandate that at the line under God each person states their belief whether under God goddess gods or nothing, claiming civil rights protections and urging lawmakers to propose the change.
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Congress
Mom
Grandma
Dorothy
Dorothy Hoyt-Reed
Lawrence
Lawrence 150th celebration sparks museum revamp vision
The piece envisions a revived history museum marking Lawrence sesquicentennial in 2004. It imagines expanded galleries with Native American influences Emigrant Aid Society Quantrill's Raid and local culture from Haskell Indian Nations University to Langston Hughes and William Burroughs, inviting exploration of 150 years of history.
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Lawrence
Haskell Indian Nations University
Kansas University
Langston Hughes
William Burroughs
Community museum closings spark regional forum call
Public forum voices urges continued KU anthropology exhibits and a robust state network of community museums. Letters credit local museums like Coffey County, Johnson County and Smoky Hill for civic ties and youth education, warning KU loss harms programs and future museum professionals.
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KU Anthropology Museum
Carnegie
Coffey County Historical Museum
Burlington
Johnson County Museum of History
Shawnee
Smoky Hill Museum
Salina
Julie M. Smith
Perry
Lied Center
Robert Putnam
Museum of Anthropology
American Association of Museums
Kansas
Patricia Graham
Lawrence
Court rules pledge in public schools unconstitutional
Letter to the editor from Richard Bennett attacks the 9th Circuit ruling disallowing the Pledge of Allegiance in schools for the phrase under God. He questions patriotism and condemns the ACLU and other critics as dimwitted in their efforts to undermine national pride.
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9Th Circuit Court of Appeals
ACLU
United States
Richard Bennett
Lawrence
Old hometown years ago in 1977 and 1902 notes
A collection of Lawrence World quotes recalls 1902 events about Dr Wylie Woodruff marrying a Lawrence woman in Portland after elopement with Mrs Moyer. It also mentions 1977 housing loans for Oread residents and youths tied to local theft cases. The Journal-World adds letters policy details.
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Lawrence World
Kansas University
Wylie Woodruff
Lawrence
Portland
Ore
World
Woodruff
Moyer
University of Pennsylvania
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al Bonner
Joe Lewis
Dolph Simons III
Dan Simons
New Ventures
Donna Wiley
H.R
Tom Hornbaker
Dallas Dolan
Ed Ciambrone
the World Company
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Kan
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Journal-World
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Associated Press
By Larry Eichel
Knight Ridder Newspapers
Milwaukee
Florida
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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Museum
George Bush
Mr. Bush
James Skridulis
Museum Mission
Anthropology Museum
Oread
Kaw River
Ijworld.com
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