Downtown grocery plans add city parking garage
Lawrence city leaders review updated plans for a mixed use building at 700 New Hampshire Street. The Price Chopper grocery plans include about 70 apartments above and potential city financing tools. The developer led by Mike Treanor seeks an expanded tax increment financing district and use of proceeds to fund construction.
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New Hampshire St
Price Chopper
Lawrence
Mike Treanor
Ballots Coming In At Impressive Rate In Douglas County
About 25 percent of the 63 000 Proposition 1 mail in ballots have been returned as Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew notes a turnout surge. Estimated 9.8 million yearly from a half cent sales tax would fund a 44 million county jail expansion 11 million behavioral health campus and 5.1 million in additional behavioral programs if voters approve Proposition 1. The county seeks to boost turnout with ongoing mail ballots and official estimates.
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Behavioral Health
Douglas County
Jamie Shew
Shew
Nick Krug
Journal-World
Lawrence
Alice Weis
Attorneys seek up to 1.5B more for Kansas schools
Attorneys for four Kansas districts filed with the Kansas Supreme Court arguing that despite a new law boosting education funding by 548 million dollars over five years the system remains up to 1.5 billion short of constitutional adequacy. They urge voiding the funding framework unless the Legislature approves a larger追加 increase by June.
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Topeka
Kansas
Alan Rupe
John Robb
Kansas Supreme Court
ACLU seeks over 50000 in Kobach contempt damages
The ACLU asks a federal judge to require Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to pay more than 50000 in attorney fees and other damages for violating a court order to fully register voters. The filing follows Judge Julie Robinson's contempt ruling tied to a citizenship proof requirement for voter registration. The motion details 133.5 attorney hours and over 19 paralegal hours totaling 49637.04 dollars in fees.
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ACLU
Kobach
Wichita
the American Civil Liberties Union
Kansas
Kris Kobach
U.S
Julie Robinson
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