LJWorld.com Headlines for April 15, 2021

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Douglas County leaders approve new health order that maintains mask requirements, loosens other restrictions]( Douglas County leaders have approved a new health order that will keep the mask mandate in place, eliminate the mass-gathering limit and provide more flexibility about the occupancy rules for businesses and venues. As part of its meeting ... [Douglas County leaders approve new health order that maintains mask requirements, loosens other restrictions]( By: Rochelle Valverde Douglas County leaders have approved a new health order that will keep the mask mandate in place, eliminate the mass-gathering limit and provide more flexibility about the occupancy rules for businesses and venues. As part of its meeting ... April 14, 2021 @ 10:36pm [Kansas fight shows how election 'reforms' may favor one side]( By: John Hanna and Andy Tsubasa Field, Associated Press/Report for America TOPEKA — Charley Crabtree was looking to help voters in nursing homes get absentee ballots delivered on time last year, so he picked up about 75 from at least 10 locations in his hometown of Lawrence. Republicans who control the Kansas ... April 14, 2021 @ 9:41pm [Douglas County reports 13 new COVID-19 cases since Monday; 236 remain active]( By: Staff Report Douglas County reported 9,042 cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday, an increase of 13 cases since Monday. In Douglas County, 8,806 out of the 9,042 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public ... April 14, 2021 @ 6:30pm [With $25 million addition, outlook for Kansas' higher education budget looking less grim]( By: Lauren Fox The Kansas Legislature has passed a budget that includes an additional $25 million for higher education, a “big sigh of relief,” according to one Kansas Board of Regents member. Matt Casey, director of government relations for the Regents, ... April 14, 2021 @ 6:13pm [Lawrence City Commission votes to include 7 more staff positions in upcoming budget amendment]( By: Rochelle Valverde Citing a need to keep up with infrastructure projects, Lawrence city leaders are moving forward with changes that would add another seven staff positions, bringing the total number of newly requested positions to more than 20. As part of its ... April 14, 2021 @ 5:37pm [Regents approve two changes to controversial tenure policy; changes focused on transparency, shared governance]( By: Lauren Fox The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday did not back away from a policy that temporarily would make it easier for the University of Kansas to dismiss tenured faculty due to budget woes. But the board did add a couple of new provisions aimed at ... April 14, 2021 @ 5:37pm [Former KU basketball player Silvio De Sousa no longer pursuing diversion; aggravated battery case now scheduled for preliminary hearing]( By: Dylan Lysen Former University of Kansas basketball player Silvio De Sousa will not get a diversion for an aggravated battery charge he is facing because negotiations with prosecutors have "fallen through," his attorney, Hatem Chahine, said Wednesday in ... April 14, 2021 @ 2:54pm [Over 60% of employees, 18% of students at KU have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine]( By: Lauren Fox Over half of University of Kansas employees and about one-fifth of the student population have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the university. Andrew Foster, KU’s emergency management coordinator, spoke to KU ... April 14, 2021 @ 1:40pm [Ex-Wichita police officer sentenced for abusing minors for years]( By: Associated Press WICHITA — A former Wichita police officer and school safety services director has been sentenced to five years in prison for molesting underage boys for more than a decade. Alex Robinson, 58, will begin serving his sentence in Kansas after ... April 14, 2021 @ 12:40pm [Free State speech and forensics team qualifies for national tournaments as it prepares for state title defense]( By: Dylan Lysen Members of Free State High School’s speech and forensics team are heading to national tournaments once again. The team will also be looking to retain its state title next month. Kelly Thompson, Free State’s speech and debate coach, recently ... April 14, 2021 @ 11:41am [KU, in collaboration with Haskell, picks essay collection 'Braiding Sweetgrass' as next common book]( By: Staff Report The University of Kansas has chosen Robin Wall Kimmerer’s “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants" as its next common book. The common book program, relaunching after a pandemic-related ... April 14, 2021 @ 10:15am 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