LJWorld.com Headlines for April 26, 2024

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Lawrence Community Shelter Board of Directors approves contract for unionized shelter staff]( Story updated at 8:19 p.m. Thursday, April 25: The Lawrence Community Shelter Board of Directors on Thursday approved a collective bargaining agreement for a group of unionized shelter workers that, in part, would raise all employees' pay to at ... [Lawrence Community Shelter Board of Directors approves contract for unionized shelter staff]( By: Austin Hornbostel Story updated at 8:19 p.m. Thursday, April 25: The Lawrence Community Shelter Board of Directors on Thursday approved a collective bargaining agreement for a group of unionized shelter workers that, in part, would raise all employees' pay to at ... April 25, 2024 @ 7:03pm [Trial over Lawrence's housing nondiscrimination ordinance canceled; landlords had sued over source of income, immigration status protections]( By: Austin Hornbostel A bench trial about the City of Lawrence's housing nondiscrimination ordinance was canceled this month, and the city and the group of landlords who sued over the protections are now seeking a resolution without a full trial. The case centers on ... April 25, 2024 @ 4:42pm [Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes bill barring local governments from banning plastic bags]( By: Staff report The City of Lawrence’s standing as the first city in Kansas to ban single-use plastic bags isn’t likely to change after Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill that would have prohibited local governments from imposing similar restrictions earlier ... April 25, 2024 @ 4:41pm [GOP mulls next move after Kansas governor vetoes effort to help Texas in border security fight]( By: JOHN HANNA, Associated Press TOPEKA — Kansas' governor is blocking an attempt by Republican legislators to give the state's National Guard a “border mission" of helping Texas in its partisan fight with the Biden administration over illegal immigration. Top Republicans ... April 25, 2024 @ 4:00pm [Jury finds man not guilty in downtown murder case]( By: Kim Callahan Updated at 4:11 p.m. Thursday, April 25, 2024 A Douglas County jury on Thursday acquitted a transient man of murdering a blind Lawrence resident last summer in downtown Lawrence. The defendant, Chadwick Potter, 35, had faced a second-degree ... April 25, 2024 @ 3:05pm [Lawrence man identified as fatality in 31st and Louisiana crash; KCMO man remains hospitalized]( By: Staff report A 37-year old Lawrence man was killed in a Wednesday afternoon vehicle crash near the intersection of 31st and Louisiana streets in Lawrence, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has announced. Michael Landsness died from injuries that ... April 25, 2024 @ 2:56pm [KU faculty members overwhelmingly approve formation of union; they will seek improvements in pay, job security]( By: Chad Lawhorn Story updated at 5:19 p.m. Thursday, April 25: Faculty members at the University of Kansas have voted by a large margin to form a union to negotiate with administrators for better pay, benefits and working conditions. The faculty members — ... April 25, 2024 @ 12:18pm [City of Wichita has been paying social media influencers to write about city projects; new rules will require disclosure]( By: Kylie Cameron The City of Wichita has directed local influencers to label social media and digital content that the city has paid for. The move comes after a video from a local influencer about the city’s work to patch potholes went viral on TikTok. The ... April 25, 2024 @ 11:36am [Upcoming events include Final Friday Art Walk, birding, books, block party and more]( By: Sarah Parsons FRIDAY Final Friday Art Walk includes: Corinna Delgado and other artists, “Mental Health Month,” 6-9 p.m., Art Love Collective, 646 Vermont St. “The Eye of Erin,” works by Erin Spiridigliozzi, 4:30-6 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 ... April 25, 2024 @ 9:34am You are receiving this email because of your relationship with the Lawrence Journal-World or because at some point in the past you shared your email address with us. If you no longer want to receive emails from us, follow instructions at the link below. [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World P.O Box 888, Lawrence, Kansas 66044