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The Lawrence Police Department has not changed its position on needing a new, larger facility to serve as its headquarters. And architects who were hired to assess the department’s needs haven’t changed their opinion that building a new facility from the ground up would be wiser than trying to retrofit an existing building. But Lawrence city commissioners said Monday that they’ve listened to voters who, in November, rejected a proposal to finance a new $28 million facility with a sales tax increase. Please see POLICE, page 6A
Gigabit Internet service coming to Lawrence Town Talk A Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
company that was installing super-fast broadband service in Baldwin City on Monday says it likely will begin offering the service in Lawrence in early 2016. Baldwin City-based RG Fiber is close to signing a lease agreement with the city of Lawrence that will give the company access to a ring of city-owned fiber-optic cable that is needed to launch a gigabit broadband
service in Lawrence. City commissioners are scheduled to approve the lease agreement as part of their consent agenda this evening. Mike Bosch, chief executive of RG Fiber, said that’s one of the last pieces of paperwork needed for his company to start a major broadband project in Lawrence. Bosch has begun accepting preregistrations for gigabit service at rgfiber.com/signup.
If this lease agreement with the city is one of the final pieces needed for the Lawrence project, you may be wondering why work won’t begin until at least 2016. The simple answer is because Bosch is busy making Baldwin City king of the Douglas County digital world. RG Fiber currently is installing fiber in Baldwin City. There was an article in Monday’s Journal-World about how
Baker University will have the super-fast broadband service everywhere from classrooms to dorm rooms. Baker University students are surely destined to rule the world for a while because they’ll have enough broadband to simultaneously watch YouTube, post updates on Facebook, tweet and do something called Hulu. Please see INTERNET, page 6A
Solar energy advocates plan rally U.S. News ranks at hearing for Westar rate increase KU Hospital By Conrad Swanson
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fairs for the Kansas Corporation Commission. The higher energy rates would be used to cover power plant upgrades and other costs. “They (public hearings) are an important part of the process,” said — Aron Cromwell, CEO of Cromwell Solar Westar Energy Spokeswoman Gina Penzig. “They allow members of sion’s approval. Public Thursday in Wichita. the public who are affecthearings on the proposal The rate hike, which ed to be heard.” are scheduled at 6 p.m. was proposed in March, Aron Cromwell, CEO Tuesday at Farley El- is about a 7.9 percent inof Cromwell Solar, which ementary, 6701 SW 33rd crease, said Linda Berry, Please see WESTAR, page 2A St. in Topeka, and 6 p.m. director of public af-
In essence, Westar is changing the way they’re treating solar customers and forcing As public hearings be- them onto some rate structures ... designed gin Tuesday for Westar to devalue the energy savings one gets from Energy’s proposed $152 solar or energy efficiency.” Twitter: @conrad_swanson
million rate increase, some are planning to rally against the proposal’s implications for the solar energy community. Because the commission regulates public utilities, companies like Westar may not change their rates without the Kansas Corporation Commis-
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For the second year in a row, Kansas University Hospital landed 12 specialties — ranging from heart surgery to cancer care — on the U.S. News and World Report “Best Hospitals” list, according to the hospital. KU Hospital ranked in the top 50 hospitals nationwide in all 12 “data-driven” specialties, or specialties ranked on safety and outcomes rather than reputation alone, according to hospital leaders. Please see HOSPITAL, page 2A
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