Low turnout stirs Lawrence City Commission primary concerns
Lawrence voters show weak engagement in the August primary for eight candidates seeking three City Commission seats. The race narrows to six for November while commissioners Larsen and Herbert fight to keep seats amid a shift to November elections. Early voting totals lag behind 2015, prompting calls to reconsider primary rules and election timing.
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Lawrence
City Commission
Lisa Larsen
Mike Amyx
Matthew Herbert
Amyx
Herbert
Larsen
Jennifer Ananda
Bassem Chahine
Dustin Stumblingbear
Ken Easthouse
Mike Anderson
Christian Lyche
Lawrence City Commission
Perry-Lecompton
Shew
University of Kansas
Kansas
Pompeo Faces Risk as CIA Moves to Take Bold Actions
Washington Post columnist David Ignatius warns that CIA Director Mike Pompeo risks fueling a volatile political fight as Trump pressures covert action against North Korea and Iran without a coherent strategy. He notes a politicized intelligence view, calls for steadiness, and urges Pompeo to balance action with constitutional duties and institutional limits.
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Mike Pompeo
White House
Pompeo
North Korea
Iran
Aspen Security Forum
Tration
Trump
Syria
Russia
China
Kim Jong UN
U.S
Revolutionary Guard Corps
Robert Mueller
Richard Helms
Lyndon Johnson
Helms
Today in History: Milestones from July 26 across years
July 26 marks Hillary Clinton’s historic 2016 nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress founding a Post Office with Benjamin Franklin as Postmaster General in 1775, Liberia’s independence in 1847, the Potsdam Declaration’s warning in 1945, and Eva Peron’s death in Buenos Aires in 1952 at age 33.
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Continental Congress
Benjamin Franklin
Liberia
Japan
Argentina
Eva Peron
Buenos Aires
Public Forum Letter on Baker Football Coverage
Madeline McCrary of Baldwin City urges the Lawrence Journal-World to improve coverage of Baker University football. She notes Baker reached the 2016 NAIA National Championship game with a 14-1 record and earned multiple awards, urging more publicity for the 2017 season.
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Journal-World
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Daytona Beach
Fla
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Heart of America
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Lawrence
Baker
Madeline McCrary
Baldwin City
Gun ownership as identity sparks debate on profiling
Mahlon Strahm argues Mark Joslyn's claim that guns create an identity risks stereotyping and tribalism. He contends individuals cannot be reduced to data bits and urges studies toward reducing gun violence and finding common ground rather than labeling gun owners by demographic or cultural profiles.
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Mark Joslyn
Journal-World Offensive
Kansas
Mahlon Strahm
Baldwin City
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John Brennan
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