Ok, kids … who can tell me what’s wrong with this picture? 🤦🏻‍♀️

@bigmacnocheez.bsky.social CRISIS ALERT

Just for the record, none of our reporters are present at the courthouse during this Douglas County Commission meeting "willingly (giving) up (our) right of access to help the king" 🤨

My second monitor shuts off after 8 hours to save power, and it gives me a popup five minutes beforehand in case I'm still here looking at it Today I saw that message twice 🙃 Goodnight moon!

Wild throwback looking at the 2022 water/wastewater rate presentation ... I know some of my fellow nerds remember these agenda items. #LawrenceCityComm lawrenceks.civicweb.net/Portal/Meeti...

👋☺️ That’s [email protected]!

Newzcat Ellie is ready for work on #LawrenceCityComm budget night. Newzcat Charlotte is shirking her duties.

Super fun Parks & Rec board meeting this evening. They blocked me from recording the audio through Zoom and then gave advisory board members a paper handout that wasn't posted with the online agenda. (I have since KORA'd, will share) 10/10, no notes. Goodnight! 😉 #lfk

This is a really great article to read

The City of Lawrence is seeking community feedback on a draft policy that details how the city will define and invest in affordable housing projects, what criteria developers must meet and more. lawrenceks.news/467ImT7

An audit of Kansas City’s communications practices found that the department was slow to respond to records requests, prioritized branding over public information and at some points threatened to revoke access to reporters who published stories that were unfavorable to the city.

A traveling Smithsonian exhibit opening this weekend at the Watkins will provide a looking glass for issues of Native representation that hit as close to home as Haskell and Arrowhead Stadium. lawrenceks.news/45EcZOR

I bought a “bird feeder” (It’s for the squirrels)

11.2% voter turnout in a city primary. 🥹 It was 10.3% in 2023. This may be silly, but I’d love to think that @lawrencekstimes.com may have had a tiny something to do with at least a few more folks getting to the polls this year. OOH BOY, Round 2 questionnaires soon! lawrenceks.news/25primresults

We’re working on some reporting on Hilltop Child Development Center (more than just regurgitating public records). We’d really like to talk to some parents of students, and more staff/former staff members. Please get in touch if that’s you: lawrenceks.news/hmu

Fun fact: In the 61 minutes between @ctdunn7.bsky.social taking this assignment and publication, we received (at least) two emails and two anonymous news tip submissions about this. Thank you all! We need you. Keep 'em coming. lawrenceks.news/hmu

People LINING UP at the library to meet the #LawrenceCityComm candidates ... be still my heart 🥹 📷 : Nathan Kramer

Do you really tho

City primaries tend to see low turnout, but the commissioners who are ultimately elected often make the government decisions that most directly affect voters’ day-to-day lives and wallets. A majority of commissioners said last night they'd support charging fees to use rec centers, for instance.

Leavenworth, Kansas, is nearly synonymous with prisons. But when CoreCivic announced plans to detain immigrants there, residents pushed back.

Annual memberships to use Lawrence's recreation centers — currently admission-free — will cost $250 per adult, or $150 per senior or youth, if the Parks and Recreation department's proposal is approved. lawrenceks.news/4kybC9S

It's a lovely Friday evening to sit out on the back porch with an ice cold glass of capital improvement plan

Wishing us all a moment like this today. 💗

Sounds like there are a lot of folks at #LawrenceCityComm for the Pride Month proclamation, but Zoom users can't see them (or anything but this view).

ICYMI: Lawrence city commissioners tonight will consider no longer livestreaming their meetings on YouTube. The resolution is on their consent agenda. lawrenceks.news/4dJRKyH

Just as a brief update, I've been copied on one request to pull this from the consent agenda. I'm not sure if such requests are typically included as public comment, but it has not been added to the commission's agenda as of tonight.

It's unclear whether the public will be able to comment on this proposed change because the resolution is on the consent agenda. Members of the public can no longer pull items from the consent agenda — it's up to the commissioners to pull an item if they're asked. #LawrenceCityComm

Within minutes of this city commission agenda being posted last week, I was working on a story and had community members reaching out to me about this, Resolution 7599. I'm glad @lawrencekstimes.com was able to cover this before and after it disappeared from the agenda. lawrenceks.news/4k1mFsv

When Natasha Neal embraces her late son Isaiah Neal's child, familiar eyes look back at her. The 4-month-old baby never got to meet his father but carries his name and more. Isaiah would've turned 18 on Wednesday, but he was shot and killed in June 2024. lawrenceks.news/3ZlQcEU

City staff members are asking the Lawrence City Commission to pass a resolution saying the city will indefinitely suspend enforcement of its equal rights ordinances in hopes of maintaining federal funding. lawrenceks.news/4jPRJLM #LawrenceCityComm

I think sometimes "adulting" is just knowing when you're feeling too cheeky to respond to emails responsibly and you need to step away for a while

Remember, it’s perfectly legal for cops to lie to you. And they are on-record getting creative with this particular manipulation: “Hi, hello miss! We received word and have confirmed, someone’s vandalized your car; could you meet us at your🚙 to document everything and tell us if anything’s missing?”

just chillin in a cave with hippie hair, wbu

My first piece for the Times.

❤️‍🔥

Tribal leaders and scholars across the Great Plains will exchange research and strategies for land reclamation and stewardship at a University of Kansas summit. lawrenceks.news/4iWXV4e #landback

Wanda Dyer, 74, has been missing for almost two weeks. Her husband of 46 years has a couple of requests for the community, and folks are organizing a search coming up this weekend. lawrenceks.news/3XKmatP

Today is Wednesday 🙂 only Wednesday 🙃 Wednesday, Wednesday, Wednesday 🫠

🙃 ICYMI last week: Much is still unknown about how a recent EO targeting IMLS will impact Lawrence's museums and libraries, but the stakes are high. Also, the state library (which gives LPL patrons access to tons of resources) receives about 30% of its funding from IMLS. lawrenceks.news/3DJJ6Tr

Newzcat Ellie says don’t let the voter registration deadline sneak up on you! Register/update your registration by Tuesday, July 15 to vote in the Aug. 5 city commission and (probably) school board primary election. ksvotes.org ✅

‘No matter how deep the pain, the law kept me legally bound to him,’ state Rep. Cecelie Williams said of her attempt to divorce her abusive husband while pregnant with their fourth child. www.thepitchkc.com/lifeline-for...

Just received an anonymous tip about this. Whoever sent it, thank you, but we’ve got it covered! ICYMI: lawrenceks.news/3Rm5pBw

As the Texas measles outbreak continues, doctors there are treating some children given so much vitamin A that they have signs of liver damage. Story by @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/h...

OK not to be annoying but if we get * JUST ONE * more complete response, we will have a very lovely large sample size to help us best focus our energy going forward! 😅

@bigmacnocheez.bsky.social Turns out it’s actually my peace-loving nature that makes alarms stop working on me

We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at. A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth. HAIRCUTS. This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.

Despite withdrawing a local application to operate its shuttered jail facility as an immigrant detention center in Leavenworth, CoreCivic appears poised to pursue a contract with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement anyway. From @bymatthewkelly.bsky.social www.kansascity.com/news/politic...

Remember when we had at least a foggy idea what was going on? Pepperidge Farm remembers. lawrenceks.news/3BoCmsz #lfk

ICYMI last week:

Trooper Proctor’s “investigation” in the Karen Read case was already a pathetic excuse for police work. The text messages make it practically criminal, if it wasn’t already. Officer O'Keefe deserved better.