Editorials criticize unsightly city parking garage near library
The piece weighs in on the new city parking garage south of the Lawrence Public Library, arguing its garish reddish screens and unfinished appearance clash with nearby landmarks. It compares several other campus and downtown garages for style and integration, urging landscaping and finishing touches to better fit the town’s artful standards.
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Lawrence Public Library
Vermont
Kentucky
Kansas University
Mississippi Street
Memorial Union
New Hampshire Street
Lawrence Arts Center
Ninth and
New Hampshire
Allen Fieldhouse
Green Hall
Lawrence Senior Center
Divided House Faces Irs Ruling on Same Sex Marriage
Leonard Pitts Jr. argues that the IRS decision allowing married same sex couples to file joint returns creates a new national fork in the road. He compares the moment to Lincoln’s warning about a house divided and predicts a court driven showdown over marriage equality driven by the full faith and credit clause.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
U.S. Senate
Illinois
Fort Sumter
IRS
Adam
Steve
Keisha
Rose
Alabama
Alaska
West Virginia
South Dakota
Massachusetts
Mississippi
America
Leonard Pitts Jr
The
Miami Herald
Old Home Town and a 1913 University note
Old Home Town recalls the 1988 Kan sas University mascot Baby Jay aging and renovated in July funded by 2500 in donations from EU fans while Lawrence School District approves a 9900 federal grant for a pilot special education program at Pinckney School. The 1913 Lawrence Daily Journal World item notes many students must work to afford university expenses due to crop failure and details the University Employment Bureau aiding job seekers for winter term.
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Kansas University
Baby Jay
Joe
Debi Moore
Lawrence
Big Jay
Moore
Pinckney School
Pinckney
Jerry Chaffin
Lawrence Daily Journal-World
University Employment Bureau
Sarah St. John
Public Forum on wetlands as wildlife corridors for SLT
Nancy Hanson of Lawrence challenges Chad Lawhorn's Aug 30 Journal-World piece calling the South Lawrence Trafficway route through vacant ground. She argues wetlands like Haskell and Baker are living ecosystems and asks if under-road tunnels will connect north and south wetlands to sustain ecological connectivity and safety.
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Chad Lawhorn
Journal-World
South Lawrence
Lawhorn
Haskell and
Baker
Nancy Hanson
Lawrence
Cultural Deafness Over Development Sparks Local Debate
A Lawrence reader critiques the South Lawrence Trafficway and the Clinton Lake archaeological salvage. He argues decisions ignore Indigenous histories, warnings about disturbing remains, and questions the impact on local communities. Mary A. Lake, Baldwin City.
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Dalton
Clinton Lake
Wakarusa River
U.S
Lawrence
Mike Ford
Baldwin City
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Ljworld.com
Lawrence Journal-World
W.C. Simons
Dolph Simons Sr
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Mark Potts
Mike Countryman
Susan Cantrell
Ann Gardner
Ed Ciambrone
Julie Wright
the World Company
Dolph C. Simons III
Dan C. Simons
Electronics
Newspapers
Suzanne Schlicht
Scott Stanford
Washington
North Carolina
Leonard Pitts Jr Jr
Old Home Town
Readmore
Old
IC AL
32Nd Street
Denver
HNTB
Cancer Care
Harold Lake
Harold
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
LMH
Gerald Peel
Mary A. Lake
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