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Love it? Hate it? Latest building adding to architectural conversation By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw
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The 9 Del Lofts building at the corner of Ninth and Delaware streets
he latest multimillion dollar project in East Lawrence is nearly complete, and now it is time to weigh in on its distinctive look. Work on the 9 Del Lofts affordable housing project is wrapping up at the corner of Ninth and Delaware streets. The project is the latest by a group led by Tony Krsnich, who developed the nearby Poehler Lofts and the Warehouse Arts District. Krsnich set out to build the new fourstory 9 Del Lofts building with an architectural style that is much more modern than the old buildings that dominate the
What do you think? Weigh in at ljworld.com/9del. And get a closer look at the project on Friday during an open house and celebration with food and live music. The ribbon cutting is set for 4:30 p.m. The open house and tours run from 5 to 9 p.m. at Ninth and Delaware streets.
rest of the district. Krsnich, who is an award-winning historic preservationist, said he doesn’t like architecture that tries to make new buildings look old. Please see BUILDING, page 5A
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Court sentences Kukuk to 3.5 years in prison for role in violent crime
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Doubts grew among Kansas legislators Tuesday about whether they can approve tax increases necessary to balance the state budget without deep spending cuts that could lead to more-crowded classrooms and even layoffs of prison guards. Such cuts would cost Lawrence schools more than $3.8 million and Kansas University about $15 million, according to officials with those institutions. Three Senate and three House negotiators Tuesday canceled a second consecutive day of public talks on tax issues. The Republican-dominated Senate approved a bill Sunday that would raise sales and cigarette taxes to help raise $423 million during the fiscal year beginning July 1, but members of the GOP-con-
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SEN. VICKI SCHMIDT, R-TOPEKA, talks on her cellphone following the Kansas Senate’s morning recess Tuesday during the 110th day of the legislative session. Legislators were still trying to pass a tax bill to close a revenue gap and end the 2015 session.
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2015 session Today is Day 111. Previous record: 107 days (in 2002). Taxes: Senate bill awaits House action. Budget: Passed in both chambers. trolled House doubt it can pass their chamber. “I hope we get something done, but I’m losing hope,” said Republican
Sen. Les Donoislators slashed van, of Wichita, income taxes at his chamber’s Republican Gov. lead negotiator Sam Brownback’s on tax issues. The urging in what he continuing staledescribed as a namate sent the curtionally watched rent legislative LEGISLATURE experiment in session into a restimulating ecocord 111th day today. nomic growth. He and The state’s budget Please see WALK, page 5A problems arose after leg-
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Cody Scott Kukuk, who was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in 2011, was sentenced Tuesday to three and a half years in prison for his part in a violent home-invasion robbery. In May, Kukuk, 22, pleaded no contest to charges of aggravated robbery, robbery and aggravated assault. Kukuk and four codefendants were accused last year of entering a Lawrence apartment, battering its residents and stealing from $1,000 to $1,500 in cash and marijuana, according to the Douglas County district at- Kukuk torney’s office. Kukuk’s attorney had asked for 40 months, but Douglas County District Judge Paula Martin said she could not make it less than what codefendant Driskell Alan Johnson, 20, received, which was 42 months. That’s because Martin said Johnson may have been the most violent of the five but Kukuk organized the invasion. “You were the one who texted your
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