Lawrence Public Schools names three new board members
Lawrence voters re-elected incumbent Melissa Johnson and elected two newcomers, Kelly Jones and Ronald Gordon-Ross, to join the seven-member Lawrence school board. Johnson, a second-grade teacher in Kansas City Kansas, led early, then held first place as totals counted. Jones and Gordon-Ross stayed in second and third place as the race concluded for the three seats. Johnson had been appointed in April to fill the term of a resigning member and expressed familiar emotions.
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Lawrence voters approve all three sales tax questions
Lawrence residents approved three sales tax measures totaling 0.55 percent, expected to raise about 116 million dollars over ten years for transit infrastructure and affordable housing. The margins were around 70, 73 and 62 percent, with Mayor Leslie Soden calling the result positive feedback from voters.
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Incumbents dominate Lawrence City Commission race
Incumbent Lisa Larsen finished first with strong backing, joined by newcomer Jennifer Ananda and incumbent Matthew Herbert as the top three. They will join Mayor Leslie Soden and Vice Mayor Stuart Boley on the five member commission, possibly the first women majority. Larsen led by over 1530 votes and credited voters valuing experience and cautious, data driven leadership.
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Turnout rises in Douglas County municipal school votes
Douglas County reported 16 206 ballots cast in Lawrence city and school board races with turnout at 21.88 percent. Advance voting drove the surge, aided by a $27 000 mail-in ballot push that yielded more than 4 900 returned ballots, versus 400 in 2015. Final counts pending, mail ballots postmarked by Tuesday counted if received by Friday.
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