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[Lawrence Journal-World]( [Headlines | Lawrence Journal-World]( [Click for Specials!]( With state funding uncertain, school district leaders share tentative outline of next year's budget plan With the state of school funding relatively up in the air, Lawrence school district leaders are delaying action to approve a budget plan for the upcoming school year. Earlier this week, however, the district’s finance director, Kathy Johnson, shared a few details of what that budget might look like, pending a decision from the Kansas Supreme Court. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Sen. Pat Roberts still defends GOP health plan; health care advocates say it's terrible for Kansas U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts said the bill would have been good for Kansas and that the Senate needs to act soon, "to prepare for Obamacare's inevitable collapse." Health care advocates in Kansas strongly disagreed with his statement. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Midco continues to address outages following conversion from WOW; 'vast majority' now have service Midco is continuing to work to restore cable, phone and internet to customers whose services were cutoff following the conversion Wednesday from WOW to Midco. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate meet-and-greet for Lawrence City Commission and school board scheduled for Friday Lawrence voters can meet candidates in the running for open City Commission and school board seats on Friday. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Internet and cable outages reported as WOW services convert to new company The overnight conversion from WOW cable, telecom and internet services to Midco is causing some outages in the Lawrence area. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Scale measures how students identify with school mascots; Jayhawk especially meaningful to KU students New research out of the University of Kansas is expanding on the idea of what it means to be a Jayhawk — and what it means to belong at KU and other universities. In 2015, a few years after the launch of the KU School of Education’s online master’s degree program, researchers at the School of Education set out to evaluate the experiences of students enrolled in online-only graduate courses at the school. [Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Enter to Win! Great Vacation Giveaway!]( CONNECT WITH US: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( NEWS TIP? [Email](mailto:news@ljworld.com?subject=News%20Tip%20%7C%20LJWorld.com) [Journal-World Media] You are receiving this email because of your relationship with LJWorld.com, and at some point in the past you shared your email address with us. If you do not desire to receive communications from us, click unsubscribe BELOW. If you wish to CONTACT US, please do not reply to this message as replies are routed to an unmonitored mailbox. We are happy to help you with any questions or concerns you may have, please contact us directly via: VIP@LJWorld.com Lawrence Journal-World, 645 New Hampshire, Lawrence, KS 66044, (785) 832-7112. [Unsubscribe]( [Edit Your Profile]( [Click here to forward to a friend](