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These articles are free to read. Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Lock in your subscription rate and save! [LJWorld.com]( The articles below are free to read. Please consider signing up for a subscription to support local journalism. Special offer for newsletter recipients $89 per year [Subscribe Now]( [photo]( [Years after life-saving double lung transplant, Lawrence man reflects on journey, urges people to donate organs]( David Jensen’s double lung transplant nearly 10 years ago did more than save his life. It changed it — in ways he never imagined, even when he was perilously close to dying and clinging to every last little dream. [Read More]( [Subscribe Today]( [photo]( [In accepting national journalism award, small-town Kansas editor urges everyone to stand up to government]( The editor of a small-town Kansas newspaper that had its newsroom raided by law enforcement urged journalists and the public on Thursday to become even more aggressive in standing up to government. [Read More]( [Image]( [West 11th Street’s steep hill is undergoing a $4.2 million makeover, with just a little off the top]( A $4.2 million project recently got underway on West 11th, one of the main routes between the University of Kansas campus and downtown, resulting in the destruction of the street as we know it and a forthcoming massive rebuild. [Read More]( [photo]( [KU wins $1.6M to start new law clinic for veterans; Douglas County eyeing federal funds to create special court for veterans]( Area veterans soon may have two new places to find help: the University of Kansas law school and a Douglas County courtroom. [Read More]( [Image]( [1,105-acre Kansas Sky Energy Center solar project earns unanimous approval from Douglas County Commission]( The 1,105-acre Kansas Sky Energy Center solar project no longer has much standing in the way of its construction on agricultural land in Grant Township after earning unanimous approval from the Douglas County Commission on Saturday evening. [Read More]( [Subscribe Today]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( This message was sent by the Lawrence Journal-World. You are receiving this because at some point in the past you shared your email address with LJWorld.com To opt-out of emails like this, click the link below. [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World PO Box 888, Lawrence, KS 66044