Lawrence Area Bridge Plans Highlight Turnpike Corridor
Editorials urge quick action on replacing the Kansas River bridges at Lawrence as part of a broader 11 year plan. KDOT prioritizes traffic management in Topeka to Kansas City while adding lanes and extending K-10 toward an east west route. Replacement not planned until 2010, but officials push to finalize sensitive routing now.
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Kansas River
Lawrence
KDOT
Kansas City
East Topeka
Lecompton
Kansas Department of Transportation
Rite of spring opens Lawrence Farmers Market season
Opening day marks the start of a new season for the Lawrence Farmers Market on Vermont Street. For 25 years it has been a city tradition with Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday booths selling flowers, plants, soap, and local goods drawing a diverse crowd and supporting community initiatives like Bert Nash Community Summit.
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Lawrence
Vermont Street
Bert Nash
Minimum wage debate flaws and echoes of 1996 repeal
Mark Shields argues that the 1996 rise to 5.15 an hour boosted employment and helped the least advantaged, despite Armey and DeLay warning of job losses. He cites unemployment lows for African Americans Hispanics and young workers, urges a 6.15 target with bipartisan support, and critiques corporate pay versus worker wages.
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R-Tex
Cano
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House
Armey
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Democratic Party
Kevorkian
DeLa
Del
United States
Congress
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
D Bonior
D-Mich
Jack Quinn
R-N.y
Rick Lazio
Hillary Clinton
New York
Majority
Mark Shields
Creators Syndicate
Public Forum praises Free State High School
A junior at Free State High School writes to defend the school and its community. The letter argues that choosing a school should not gatekeep friendships and that both Lawrence high schools offer opportunities. The writer urges the reader to consider Free State's traditions and the benefits of mixing cliques and backgrounds.
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Journal-World
Ljworld.com
Free State High School
Free State
Lawrence
Molly Kocour
Road solutions and democracy in transit planning
Richard Morantz argues in the Journal World that local and national leaders ignore citizen input on transport policy. He criticizes KDOT highway expansion plans, notes the Detroit-Houston coalition’s influence, and contrasts assumed solutions with environmental cautions from World Watch Institute. Lester C. Marsh,
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Journal World
KDOT
31St Street
World Watch Institute
United States
Mike Rees
Kansas Department of Transportation
Kansas Department of Highways
Lester C. Marsh
Lawrence
Bittersweet Mother's Day sampler from Ellen Goodman
Ellen Goodman collects stories of mothers balancing work and family in a bittersweet meditation. She reflects on paid leave, childcare, and the economics of love, arguing that demanding more for mothers also benefits children and society.
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Mom
Nancy Folbre
Joan Williams
American University
Williams
Ellen Goodman
The
Boston Globe
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