Lawrence selects lead for city manager search
Lawrence city commissioners agreed to name Commissioner Mike Amyx to chair the search with Vice Mayor Leslie Soden on the committee. The panel will seek input from KU and local bodies, and may use a consulting firm. The goal is a nationwide search with emphasis on strategic planning and long term goals for the city.
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Haskell Indian Nations University
Commission
Stuart Boley
Ku’s
School of Public Administration
Lawrence
Amyx
David Corliss
The
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Capital punishment wanes in Nebraska and beyond
The Nebraska Legislature voted 32 to 15 to abolish the death penalty, with Gov. Pete Ricketts vowing a veto. The piece argues capital punishment is costly and rarely deters, noting exonerations since 1973 and calling for abolition while citing Tsarnaev’s case and broader Supreme Court debates.
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Washington
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Boston Marathon
Nebraska
Pete Ricketts
Bill
Denise Richard
Tsarnaev
U.S. Supreme Court
Antonin Scalia
Samuel Alito
Anthony Kennedy
Bryan Stevenson
Equal Justice Initiative
America
Galena
Earl Warren
Albert Camus
George Will
Washington Post Writers Group
What can we do to stop cops from assaulting them
Leonard Pitts Jr argues readers misframed police violence as a black uplift issue. The piece cites the 2013 Dover incident with Cpl. Thomas Webster, the delayed grand jury indictments, and the need for police accountability over calls for black self-improvement. He condemns the presumption of innocence for officers and urges direct action to demand accountability.
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Dover
Del
Thomas Webster
Lateef Dickerson
Webster
Dickerson
America
Cpl
Leonard Pitts Jr
The
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Julie Wright
Kathleen Johnson
Ann Gardner
Ed Ciambrone
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Dolph C. Simons III
Dan C. Simons
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