Can't miss stories for Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Increase in health insurance, proposal to close school, over the top Christmas and more... Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Subscribe now - $30 for 6 months [LJWorld.com]( Special offer for newsletter subscribers $30 for 6 months, all access to LJWorld.com [View Offer]( [photo]( [Students who buy health insurance through KU to see big increase; Regents to consider English standards for faculty, other issues]( All KU students who need health insurance through the university’s system are likely to pay more next year, but some students are set to see a nearly 30% hike in their rates. [Read More]( [Subscribe Today]( [photo]( [Town Talk | Golf group hopes to buy KU property to create new scholarship hall; KU, KU Endowment propose multiple land swaps]( A group of caddies receiving scholarships to attend KU may end up with a nice new home along Jayhawk Blvd. on the Lawrence campus. The nonprofit scholarship group is working on a deal to buy a University of Kansas building to convert into a scholarship hall. [Read More]( [Image]( [Lawrence school district considering proposal to close New York Elementary, repurpose building as Montessori school]( Just months after the Lawrence school district closed an eastern Lawrence elementary school to help address a budget shortfall in its budget, the district appears set to recommend another to be closed and repurposed. [Read More]( [photo]( [Over-the-top Christmas-themed bar and restaurant back in Lawrence, with live reindeer and plans for a major Midwest expansion]( The thrills are multiplying — and maybe the reindeer too. The Lawrence-based, over-the-top Christmas-themed bar and restaurant Snow Globe has expanded, with more in the works. And yes, there really are reindeer involved. [Read More]( [photo]( [Douglas County Commission to consider its 2022 priorities for state leaders]( County leaders will soon consider their list of legislative priorities, including issues related to state support for crisis services, psychiatric care and the expansion of the South Lawrence Trafficway. [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