City commission urged to skip sanctuary status in favor of Welcoming City talk
Editorial argues the Lawrence City Commission should not pass a sanctuary city proclamation and instead reaffirm the 2015 Welcoming City stance. It notes no legal sanctuary definition exists, clarifies current policies, and urges focusing on pressing issues tonight.
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Hollywood Critic Wit Duo Meet Hollywood Reappraisal
Leadership D C could learn from Hollywood critics who mocked insincerity in California. Fred Allen and Oscar Levant lampooned Hollywood vanity. Jordan Horowitz, producer of La La Land, faced shock when Moonlight won the best picture Oscar, and handled it with grace on live TV.
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Horowitz Owns Mistake With Grace in Best Picture Moment
The piece contrasts Horowitz accepting error after Moonlight won best picture with past leaders who took responsibility, and with President Trump’s denial of accountability after the Yemen raid. It praises Horowitz’s honesty and cites Truman Kennedy Carter and Owens as benchmarks of leadership trials.
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Kansas House expands KanCare to 150000 Kansans
Public forum letter notes an 81-44 House vote to expand KanCare Medicaid to over 150,000 Kansans including about 5,000 in Douglas County. The bill goes to the Senate for a March 20 Public Health and Welfare Committee hearing. Sheldon Weisgrau, Lawrence.
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Lawrence
Lawrence massage ordinance sparks privacy and trafficking debate
Lawrence police and the Douglas County attorney seek a massage ordinance to force therapists to share client contact information and allow police entry. HIPAA protections clash with proposed searches as critics urge alternative human trafficking safeguards. City Commission meets March 7. public input urged.
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Grasshopper concerns and Kansas land sale in 1867
In the Kansas Daily Tribune dated March 7 1867 E H Niles notes grasshoppers around his house rival last fall. The piece discusses the unsettled grasshopper question and invites farmer reports. It also mentions a German charity play for Mrs Schleifer, a child’s death at Eldridge House, and Kansas freeholders sale of former Delaware Reserve lands in April 1867.
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Claude
Kansas
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