LJWorld.com Headlines for August 29, 2024

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> Special Offer - All-Access to LJWorld.com $30 for 6 months - Just 17¢ per day! If you haven’t already, please consider supporting local journalism through a digital subscription to LJWorld.com. Subscribers are the No. 1 source of revenue that supports our local journalists. [Subscribe Today]( [Douglas County commission approves 2025 budget with 2.911-mill property tax rate decrease; crowd of public commenters call for even bigger reductions]( Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday unanimously approved a budget with the county's largest property tax rate decrease in decades, after hearing from a room full of public commenters who urged them to cut the tax rate even more. The $201 ... [Douglas County commission approves 2025 budget with 2.911-mill property tax rate decrease; crowd of public commenters call for even bigger reductions]( By: Josie Heimsoth Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday unanimously approved a budget with the county's largest property tax rate decrease in decades, after hearing from a room full of public commenters who urged them to cut the tax rate even more. The $201 ... August 28, 2024 @ 10:55pm [PHOTO: Best of Lawrence winners announced at Winners Bash]( By: Approximately 750 people attended the Best of Lawrence Winners Bash at Abe & Jake's Landing on Wednesday, where the first-, second- and third-place winners were announced. The full list of winners will be in the Best of Lawrence Results ... August 28, 2024 @ 8:33pm [School district gets nearly $100,000 USDA grant to create bakery in former Pinckney Elementary building; other local entities also receive grants]( By: Staff Report With help from a nearly $100,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant, the Lawrence school district plans to create a bakery in the former Pinckney Elementary building that will produce locally sourced grain products for school meals. The ... August 28, 2024 @ 4:21pm [Gov. Kelly touts bipartisan tax cuts package at ceremonial signing]( By: Staff report Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday in Olathe ceremonially signed the bipartisan tax cuts package that became law earlier this summer. “Kansans can expect to see meaningful tax cuts and can rest assured they will not threaten our ability to ... August 28, 2024 @ 3:45pm [Project will take donated jewelry and repurpose it into new pieces to promote creativity and sustainability]( By: Staff Report If you're a bit tired of your current jewelry but don't want to throw it out, the Lawrence Arts Center will happily accept it Friday on behalf of the Radical Jewelry Makeover project. The project will take donated jewelry and repurpose it into ... August 28, 2024 @ 2:36pm ['Native Fashion' exhibit, opening Sunday at Spencer, will explore Indigenous wearable art of past three centuries]( By: Staff report The University of Kansas' Spencer Museum of Art will open a new exhibit Sunday that explores Native American fashion. “Native Fashion” will examine the diversity and ingenuity of wearable artworks produced by Native people from the 19th ... August 28, 2024 @ 12:04pm [Lawrence Community Shelter files plans to add 24 cabins behind its main shelter in eastern Lawrence]( By: Chad Lawhorn The tiny houses that are providing shelter for the homeless in Lawrence aren’t growing any bigger, but they are set to grow in number. As we’ve reported, the Lawrence Community Shelter has been discussing the idea of placing some of the ... August 28, 2024 @ 10:15am [Just Food temporarily suspends production downtown after Chop Shop fire]( By: Staff report Just Food announced Tuesday that its food production operation in downtown Lawrence will be temporarily suspended due to a fire. The incident — reportedly related to an oven fire — occurred shortly before 12:15 p.m. Tuesday at Just Food's ... August 28, 2024 @ 9:25am 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