City panel backs bike lane marking funding plan
Lawrence’s Multi modal Transportation Commission recommends prioritizing 273 250 dollars for bike lane pavement marking upgrades identified by staff, then crossing improvements along shared use paths on streets and at sidewalk crossings. Work since March 2023 reviewed marked crosswalks at controlled intersections and Safe Routes to School plan sites, revealing 43 locations for updated bike lane markings including chevron and green-painted lanes to boost rider visibility.
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Wastewater COVID rise viewed as low risk by health official
Douglas County sees higher SARS-CoV-2 signals in wastewater since midsummer. Veronica White of Lawrence Douglas County Public Health says increases may reflect travel, students returning, waning immunity, or new subvariants, not a looming spike. She notes wastewater shows more transmission than ED visits but severe disease remains small and current variants are Omicron descendants with milder symptoms.
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Senator Tom Holland backs gun safety plan in Kansas
Kansas Senator Tom Holland, a Baldwin City Democrat, advocates a policy linking firearm ownership with a marriage commitment while leveraging a gun tech startup milestone that could lead to nationwide sales by 2024. The proposal ties personal commitment to responsible ownership amid product readiness.
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Valdez claims sexist treatment by chief judge in ethics dispute
Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez responds to an ethics complaint by asserting the chief judge treated her in a sexist manner and arguing that her office’s morale suffered not from her leadership but from holdovers from the previous DA’s administration. The complaint, filed in August by Special Prosecutor Kimberly Bonifas, is addressed amid a courthouse climate of competing loyalties and dysfunction.
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