Kansas House endorses bill to release child death details
Editorial urges passage of a Kansas Open Records Act disclosure bill requiring the Department for Children and Families to promptly share age sex date of death and reports findings when a child dies from abuse or neglect or while in state custody. The measure targets transparency amid past agency concerns and calls for ongoing openness.
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Kansas Department For Children and Families
Kansas House
DCF
Phyllis Gilmore
Gina Meier- Hummel
Lawrence
Gilmore
Blaine Finch
Ottawa
Judiciary Committee
John Carmichael
Wichita
House
Carmichael
Old Hometown From Lawrence Journal March 30 1918
A brief archival note from the Lawrence Daily Journal World dated March 30 1918 recalls past local events. It preserves names, places, and days, offering a concise glimpse of early 20th century community life.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Daylight saving delay puzzled Lawrence churches in 1918
In 1918 federal law required a midnight change to daylight saving but Lawrence churches kept to old time for Easter services. A State Board of Health verdict criticized Lawrence as unsanitary and the health officers as inefficient, highlighting city death rates and student health obligations.
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Lawrence
State Board of Health
State University
Trump and Kim Summit May Shape Denuclearization Talks
Washington Post columnist David Ignatius analyzes the planned Trump Kim summit. He notes Kim and Moon Jae in drive the diplomacy with Panmunjom meeting set for April 27 and signals a phased approach endorsed by China while warning the plan risks a stalled deal without a clear end state and base camp for negotiations.
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Washington
Donald Trump
Trump
Kim Jong UN
Asia
U.S
Kim
Moon
Korean
Panmunjom
Korea
Pyongyang
CIA
Mike Pompeo
China
Kim Trump
Beijing
Beijing Global Times
Xi Jinping
Koreas
Seoul
Trump- Kim
John Bolton
Kurt Campbell
Obama
David Ignatius
Washington Post Writers Group
March 30 History: Reagan shooting and Alaska Purchase
On March 30 1981 Ronald Reagan was shot outside a Washington DC hotel with White House press secretary James Brady and others injured. Florida became a US territory in 1821 while Dr Crawford Long first used ether as an anesthetic in 1842. Seward bought Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million in 1867, dubbed Seward's Folly.
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Ronald Reagan
Washington, D.C
John W. Hinckley Jr
White House
James Brady
Secret Service
Timothy McCarthy
District of Columbia
Thomas Delahanty
Florida
United States
Crawford W. Long
Jefferson
U.S
William H. Seward
Russia
Alaska
Seward
Mother's right to choose faith based adoption agency
A letter argues for protecting a mother's right to select a faith based agency for the child's adoption and supports Kansas bills 2687 and 401. It notes no restriction on general adoption, cites multiple non faith based agencies, and names Maureen and Michael Murray of Lawrence. The second note reports Lawrence High School bands at Festival Disney with Superior and First Place honors.
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Kansas
Maureen
Michael Murray
Lawrence
Lawrence High School
Luther Fuller
Public Forum praises band courage and teachers support
In adversity the band members showed courage and talent. Thanks go to band teachers Mike Jones Johannah Cox and Tom Hunt and to the trio of chaperones for grace under pressure and unwavering care for the kids. David Day.
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Mike Jones
Johannah Cox
Tom Hunt
David Day
Lawrence
Voters face jail expansion choice and social costs
Brian Elster warns county commissioners push for a full scale jail expansion funded by tax hikes or deep cuts to social services. He argues alternatives exist to reduce crime and rehabilitate, urging a vote against costly expansion to protect mental health and prevention programs.
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Commission
Brian Elster
Lawrence
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Lawrence
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