Can't Miss Stories for Wednesday, March 15, 2023

143-acre annexation, night court session, legal marijuana and more... Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Lock in your subscription rate and save! [LJWorld.com]( Lock in your subscription for 1 year & SAVE $89 for 1 year, all access to LJWorld.com LIMITED TIME OFFER [Subscribe Now]( [Image]( [Lawrence City Commission to consider 143-acre annexation for SLT and Iowa Street development]( Lawrence city leaders will soon decide whether to expand the city’s boundaries in the area of the South Lawrence Trafficway to allow for a development that plans to add dozens of acres of new homes as well as additional commercial space to the city. [Read More]( [Subscribe Today]( [photo]( [Criminal Justice Coordinating Council signals interest in implementing a night court session at Lawrence’s municipal court]( Members of Douglas County’s Criminal Justice Coordinating Council signaled Tuesday that they’re interested in trying to get a night court session implemented at Lawrence’s municipal court. [Read More]( [photo]( [Lawrence’s new Art Love Collective is aiming to become an inclusive creative hub for all]( A new artist collective in Lawrence is aiming to become a creative hub for its members and remove some of the barriers that stand in the way of their success along the way. [Read More]( [photo]( [Now that legal marijuana dispensaries are less than 40 miles away, local law enforcement agencies talk about how they deal with the drug]( Local law enforcement officials agree that Missouri's approval of recreational marijuana likely won’t change the way marijuana is policed or prosecuted in the county. Prosecution for possession of small amounts of the drug remains rare in Douglas County. But driving while under the influence of marijuana is on law enforcement’s radar, and accidental overdoses by children and pets who get hold of edibles is also a concern. [Read More]( [photo]( [Board members discuss if administrative cuts should be on the table; central office has 21 administrators, 64 additional staff]( An often-heard refrain of Lawrence school district officials is that there will be cuts and they will be painful, but there is one place in the district’s budget that some say is escaping scrutiny in this year’s round of budget reductions: district administration. [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