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Court declines Kobach appeal on citizenship proof By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock
Topeka — People in Kansas can still register to vote in federal elections without showing proof of citizenship, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday. But whether those people will be allowed to vote in state and local elections remains an open question. The court on Monday refused to hear Kansas Secretary
of State Kobach’s appeal in a case in which he asked that the U.S. Election Assistance Commission provide a federal voter r e g i s t r a t i o n Kobach form that comports with state law, which requires voters to show proof of citizenship.
Last year, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Kobach, saying the EAC did not have to provide a revised federal form for use in Kansas. The Supreme Court’s decision Monday not to hear Kobach’s appeal means the 10th Circuit’s ruling will stand. Kobach said Monday he wasn’t surprised by the ruling because the Supreme Court often waits until there is a split between different appellate
courts before taking a case, and so far the 10th Circuit is the only appellate court that has ruled on the question of amending the federal registration form. Meanwhile, a separate lawsuit is pending in state court that challenges Kobach’s policy of not allowing people who registered using the federal form to vote in state and local races. That case, which is pending before Shawnee County District
Judge Frank Theis, was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the League of Women Voters. “Now that the Supreme Court has said the federal form doesn’t have to be changed, the question is teed up for him to answer,” said Mark Johnson, a lecturer on election law at Kansas University who also serves on the board of the Please see COURT, page 6A
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Proposal includes retail stores, restaurants near Iowa Street and SLT By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw
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SEVEN-YEAR-OLD TRE LEDFORD, of Lawrence, gets a close look Monday at the various Lego creations entered in The 2015 Lego Contest at The Toy Store, 936 Massachusetts St. Contest winners will be announced on Wednesday.
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Tax issue in limbo after school ruling By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock
Topeka — Lawrence school officials are taking a wait-and-see attitude about last week’s school finance ruling before they decide whether to abandon plans for a tax increase next year. “It’s kind of up in the air,” Lawrence school board president Shannon Kimball said Monday. “There are so many unknowns for us that it really depends on the timing of when things happen.” District officials announced
plans in May to cut about $1.2 million in spending next year and to raise the district’s property tax levy by as much as 2 mills to make up for funding cuts the district Kimball took when Kansas lawmakers enacted a new school funding system. On Friday, though, a three-judge district court panel in Shawnee
State challenging Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt immediately filed a notice of appeal in the school finance ruling, which declared the new funding system unconstitutional, and on Monday, he asked the Supreme Court to stay the panel’s order.
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A new plan has emerged to build Lawrence’s next big shopping center on vacant property near the South Lawrence Trafficway and Iowa Street interchange. Developers with North Carolina-based Collett real estate have filed plans at Lawrence This City Hall to build about development 250,000 square feet of new retail and restau- would rants at the southeast provide an corner of the SLT and appropriate U.S. Highway 59, which also is Iowa Street in the gateway to the southern city limits. Tenants for the new entrance of development haven’t our city.” been announced, but the development firm is the same company that — note in the unsuccessfully sought a development firm’s much larger retail center planning submittal at the intersection last to City Hall year. As part of that development, the company had publicly announced Old Navy, Academy Sports, Designer Shoe Warehouse, and Marshalls/Home Goods as companies that had expressed a strong interest in the site. An attempt to reach a representative with the development company was not successful Monday, but in its filing with Please see SHOPPING, page 6A
Longtime reporter Chad Lawhorn named as Journal-World managing editor Staff Report
Veteran Lawrence Journal-World reporter and columnist Chad Lawhorn has been named managing editor of the newspaper. As managing editor, Lawhorn will oversee
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The World Company. “He is uniquely positioned to lead our newsroom and we are very excited that he is ready to take on that role.” Lawhorn is a 14-year veteran of the JournalWorld. He is the author
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