Lawrence Journal-World 06-18-14

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Candidates can evade usual news coverage By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock John English/Special to the Journal-World

THE EASTERN SECTION AND FINAL LEG OF THE SOUTH LAWRENCE TRAFFICWAY is beginning to take shape in south Lawrence. The view in this photograph is to the east with the intersection of 31st and Iowa streets at bottom center. At middle right, dirt grading shows the path of the SLT angling northeast toward Louisiana Street from the intersection where Kansas Highway 10 currently ends at Iowa Street. Just above center at left, the long graded path shows the route of the relocated 31st Street as it cuts through the Baker Wetlands, east of Louisiana Street and south of 31st Street. The path of the SLT will parallel this relocated 31st Street on the south side through the wetlands. Minimal grading has been done on this section of the SLT, but power line poles visible through the center of the photograph trace the SLT route. The relocated 31st Street and the SLT will split at Haskell Avenue, with 31st Street angling northeast. The SLT will angle to the southeast in a curve before connecting to K-10 east of 1750 Road near the Mo-Kan Ski Lake, just visible at upper left of photograph. The $130 million construction project, of which Columbia, Mo.-based Emery Sapp and Sons is the general contractor, is expected to be open to traffic by late 2016. The trafficway will connect the Kansas Turnpike west of Lawrence with Kansas Highway 10 east of Lawrence.

Topeka — Last weekend, Rep. Paul Davis gave a campaign speech in Lawrence to a gathering of the Kansas Young Democrats. The Democratic candidate for governor spoke for about 20 minutes, mainly about K-12 and higher education funding, to an audience of about 56 enthusiastic party activists. Other Please see SOCIAL, page 5A

Tax increase likely needed to pay KU profs urge U.S. to engage with bills in 2015, commissioners agree Iran to reach a solution in Iraq By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

Salaries, pensions and health insurance costs at Lawrence City Hall likely are going to require a tax increase in 2015. Whether an even larger tax increase is needed for the library, economic development efforts, the homeless shelter, sidewalks, a new police headquarters building and a host of other programs is still uncertain. City commissioners on Tuesday provided little push-back to City Manager David Corliss’ analysis

that at least a 1.5 mill property tax increase was going to be needed to maintain the city’s current level of Corliss services. “It probably will be more than that,” City Commissioner Terry Riordan said of a tax increase after receiving a host of budget numbers at a Tuesday afternoon study session. “There are several items we don’t have much control over.”

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As President Barack Obama on Tuesday deployed several hundred troops to provide security for U.S. personnel in Iraq amid a growing insurgency, two Kansas University professors urged Haider-Markel Brown caution and talks with longtime foe Iran to help reach a political “ISIS is the greatest single threat solution. to stability in the Middle East and Don Haider-Markel, professor the greatest jihadist group threat and chairman of the political scito Western countries for the next ence department whose research Please see KU, page 6A includes terrorism, said that the Sunni Muslim insurgency known as ISIS, for Islamic State in Iraq l Age-old sectarian divisions shape Iraq violence. Page 6A and Syria, is a potent threat.

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Corliss said the amount of money set aside for city salaries is expected to grow by about $500,000 in 2015, or 1.7 percent over projected 2014 totals. State-mandated contributions to the pension programs for city employees is expected to increase by about $527,000. Health insurance costs are expected to increase by about $160,000. Commissioners were briefed but took little action on several funding requests that will have to be decided prior to the commission

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A former Lawrence credit union manager has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $93,500 and allowing a teller to steal more than $81,000. Page 3A

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