Deadline nears for closure of Amtrak homeless camp
A mother Betsy and her two adult children packed belongings Monday as Lawrence moves to close the Amtrak encampment between the station and the river. City trucks assisted relocations to storage or a new site farther east as a short term shelter alternative.
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Lawrence
Amtrak
Betsy
East Lawrence
Kim Callahan
KU urged to undo discipline of lecturer for rhetoric
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression FIRE asks University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod to rescind any discipline of Phillip Lowcock a lecturer in Health Sport and Exercise Science. FIRE says the statements about men who would never vote for a woman president were rhetoric not a real threat and urges Lowcock be allowed back in the classroom.
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University of Kansas
Foundation For Individual Rights and Expression — Fire
Douglas Girod
Phillip Lowcock
Department of Health, Sport & Exercise Science
Lowcock
Free Speech
Bike and sidewalk grants total 3.5 million in Kansas
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced state grants totaling about 3.5 million for two Lawrence bike and pedestrian projects under the Transportation Alternatives Program. Lawrence projects target Safe Routes to Schools improvements and multimodal upgrades on Massachusetts Street. Eudora also receives just under 800 thousand for its Safe Routes project amid statewide 31.5 million TA program funding.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Laura Kelly
Transportation Alternatives Program
Kansas Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Massachusetts Street
Mth
23Rd Streets
Eudora
Transportation Alternatives
Transportation
Calvin Reed
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