Lawrence High renovation ribbon cutting set for Saturday
Lawrence Public Schools hosts a 9 a.m. ribbon cutting at 1901 Louisiana Street to mark the $46 million Lawrence High renovation funded by an $87 million bond approved in 2017. Tours follow at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. The event features performances by students and raffled keepsakes from the outdoor mural and mural artist Like Style.
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Wind energy expansion drives Kansas jobs and recycling efforts
Wind farms in Kansas support about 300 on site workers at Cimarron Bend with turbines reaching 300 feet, while 450 new units were erected last year and similar totals expected. Techs perform maintenance inside turbines as industry eyes aging fleets, repowering, and growing transmission needs for Grain Belt Express to expand markets for wind power.
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Kansas State Capitol
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Kansas
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Cloud County Community College
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Krembs
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Germany
Alan Anderson
Grain Belt Express
Anderson
Cookie butter bomb shocks Lawrence menu with ice cream blend
A local shop markets a cookie butter bomb along with standard cookies and brownies, plus cookie ice cream sandwiches and 3 am delivery with midnight cutoffs. It serves college students and businesses, offering 300 cookie party packs and various cookie sizes.
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Lawrence
City approves near 2 million in raises for unionized workers
The Journal-World notes the city approved about 650000 for solid waste workers and nearly 2 million in July across three unionized groups as part of a 5 million total raises for roughly 890 city employees in the 2022 budget. Solid waste workers joined Teamsters Local 696 in August 2020 after changes to union rules increased bargaining group options and lowered voting thresholds.
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