Biden to apologize for Indian boarding schools
President Biden said he will formally apologize for the United States role in forcing Indigenous children into boarding schools where many suffered abuse and about 1,000 died. Interior Secretary Haaland, from the Pueblo of Laguna, called the move a big deal to Indian Country and noted she led the investigation after taking office.
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New Mexico
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Proposals to balance Lawrence high school enrollments
Lawrence school district seeks public input on changes to equalize enrollment between Free State High and Lawrence High. Free State currently has about 350 more students, with 15th Street Bob Billings Parkway as the boundary determining high school attendance since the 1990s.
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Wind energy threat eyed by Kansas official at KU
Kingman County Commissioner Jack Thimesch tells the Kansas Economic Policy Conference at the University of Kansas the biggest threat to wind energy future is not Audubon Society Farm Bureau or Big Oil. He notes his county hosts three wind farms with one more under construction and outlines concerns.
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Jack Thimesch
Douglas County
Karen Willey
University of Kansas
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Farm Bureau
Plan for Pallet cabins behind shelter gets key approval
Lawrence planning panel unanimously approved a special use permit to add 24 Pallet cabins behind the Lawrence Community Shelter at 3655 E 25th St. The move increases nightly capacity from 125 to 173, adds an office and two hygiene units, and reserves space for six more cabins in the future.
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