Deadline nears for local candidate filings in Douglas County
Lawrence residents eye a noon Monday deadline to file for City Commission and school board races plus other offices. The Douglas County Elections Office opens at 8 am Monday for last minute filings at 711 W. 23rd Street in Lawrence, as campaigns begin to take shape ahead of the November 4 general election.
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Lawrence School
Douglas County
W. 23Rd St
Lawrence
Ed Healy
Healy
Kansas instructor leads class at Potter Lake restoration planting
University of Kansas lecturer Courtney Masterson and her environ mental studies students planted native wetland vegetation along Potter Lake. The project, worth 1.2 million dollars, nears a year of dredging and wall repairs to restore the pond first created in 1911 as a firewater source. A new concrete spillway was poured in March. Native plants supplied by Native Lands Restoration Collaborative and milkweed by Monarch Watch supported the effort.
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Courtney Masterson
Native Lands Restoration Collaborative
Potter Lake
University of Kansas
Jeffrey Preuss
Journal-World
Monarch Watch
Wyandotte plan panel backs 12.6B data center park proposal
The Wyandotte County Kansas City planning commission voted 4-2 to endorse rezoning and master plan changes for a 550 acre business park intended to house a 12.6 billion data center with 1.8 million square feet across six buildings. Developer Red Wolf DCD Properties envisions a hyperscale campus fenced with berms and landscaping. Potential occupants include Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon or Alphabet, with no tenant named yet.
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Toreka
Planning Commission
Unified
Wyandotte County
Kansas City
Kansas
Unified Government Board of Commissioners
Corb Maxwell
Red Wolf Dcd Properties
Kansas Speedway
Apple
Meta
Microsoft
Amazon
Alphabet
Maxwell
Lawrence City Commission weighs dropping YouTube live streams
The Lawrence City Commission will discuss stopping live streaming meetings on YouTube and instead uploading recordings the next day. The potential shift follows Gov. Laura Kelly signing a law updating the Kansas Open Records Act and Kansas Open Meetings Act, requiring public access to open meetings via the chosen medium.
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Commission
YouTube
Lawrence
Laura Kelly
Kansas
Journal-World
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