Lawrence City Commission contact details and addresses
Lawrence City Commission lists Lisa Larsen mayor with phone 785-331-9162 and email llarsen lawrenceks.org. Gordon-Ross adds 785-813-1769 and usd497.org. Letter address 110 McDonald Drive Lawrence KS 66044.
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Llarsen
Lawrenceks
City Hall
E. Sixth St
Lawrence
Douglas County Courthouse
Massachusetts St
Gordon-Ross
McDonald Drive
Hometown notes on sidewalk collapse and temperance tale
A Kansas Town report recalls a sixty foot sidewalk section on Henry Eighth street giving way injuring Mrs. E. E. Lewis. The piece also covers a Liberty Hall temperance mass meeting with Professor Snow recounting drunken conduct by railroad conductors on Thanksgiving Day. Reprinted with permission from local writer Sarah Parsons.
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Ohio
E. E. Lewis
Friends of Temperance
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Professor Snow
Parsons
Corporate greed and guardrails amid labor abuse and rail safety
Robert Reich argues that underfunded labor enforcement allows child labor and unsafe industry practices to persist. He ties migrant exploitation, dangerous jobs, and deadly rail incidents to Republican policy and lax penalties, urging stronger penalties and funding while noting Trump and Reagan-era deregulation.
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Michigan
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Donald Trump
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Norfolk Southern
Ronald Reagan
White House
Public Forum Letter Voices Disability Equity Omission
A reader criticizes LMH Health for omitting disability as an equity issue in health coverage and urges broader inclusion aligned with ADA history and related research. The letter cites October 2022 Health Affairs and a 2017 DREDF report on disability race interplay, urging comprehensive health equity reporting for aging residents.
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LMH Health
Health Affairs
The
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
LMH
Dot Nary
Lawrence
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