Public Forum on Homelessness and Solar Farm Notes
Letter asserts Lawrence and Douglas County cannot fix homelessness with $276 million, arguing the approach worsens transient issues and citing broader national context. Readers discuss economics, work availability, and housing costs, then respond to Chad Lawhorn's solar farm coverage and stormwater rules. Wayne A. White also weighs in on county review process.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Topeka
California
New York
Roger Powell
Chad Lawhorn
Kansas Sky Energy Solar Farm
Kansas River Valley
Wayne A. White
Community Letters Submission Policy and Contact
Readers may submit letters to The Journal-World up to 250 words and must sign with name address and telephone. The newspaper will publish only the writer s name and city. Submissions are accepted by email at letters ljworld.com.
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Congresss antisemitism bill sparks definitions clash
Tribune columnist Clarence Page notes how the House passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act amid debate over how antisemitism should be defined and concerns about free speech. Critics from the ACLU and Democrats warn the measure could chill campus speech while supporters cite bipartisan action against rising campus antisemitism.
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House
New York
Mike Lawler
American Civil Liberties Union
Senate
Joe Biden
ACLU
Jerry Nadler
House Judiciary Committee
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
Israel
Hakeem Jeffries
Johnson
Biden
Record of 1899 local notes from Lawrence Daily Journal
In May 1899 the police released bums who followed the Gentry show and gave them thirty minutes to Todd. George Innes set a Merchants Athletic bowling record with a 242 in ten frames, per Sarah Parsons compilation.
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Lawrence Daily Journal
Gentry
Todd
George Innes
Merchants Athletic Association
War on woke and what we learned from it
A concise look at woke as a culture war term, its rise and backlash across parties, and the lesson that both wokeness and anti woke rhetoric have lost edge. The piece notes shifts in left and right tactics, MIT diversity statements, DEI cuts, and public opinion leaning toward policing over protests. Jonah Goldberg writes the column.
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America
George Floyd
Right
Florida
Ron DeSantis
DeSantis
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University
Sally Kornbluth
UnHeld
DEI
Trump
White House
William Barr
Biden
Jonah Goldberg
Tribune Content Agency
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Chicagotribune.com
Sarah Parsons
Kim Callahan
Allison Tait
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