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Ex-mayor surfaces in Missouri case
KU GRAD AMONG TOP CLINTON STAFF Former student body VP weighs in on campus racial issues
Farmer subpoenaed in woman’s custody battle
What have you been doing since leaving KU? Marshall’s post-college career started behind the bar at Brothers and Fatso’s, where he also ansas University alumnus Marlon MarDJ’d on weekends, he said. That was fun, he said, shall is now the most senior black staffer and helped him save up a little money until he on the Hillary Clinton campaign, as well was hired in 2004 to work on the John Kerry as the highest-ranking black staffer on any campaign in Missouri. presidential campaign, according to a recent “I’ve been on the campaign trail ever since,” national news article (and he’s routinely he said. mentioned in many). Marshall’s resume includes working Marshall, 36, is director of state campaigns for the Kansas Democratic Party on Gov. and political engagement for Clinton. Kathleen Sebelius’ re-election, campaignMarshall attended KU from 1997 to 2001, ing for U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin in Maryland, finishing a couple outstanding credit hours and working in Nevada as field director online some years later to earn his degree for Clinton’s first presidential run. KANSAS in communication studies, he said. As a Following the primary election, MarUNIVERSITY senior, Marshall was KU’s student body vice shall joined President Barack Obama’s president, alongside student body president Ben team as a general election director in Missouri Walker. and later became deputy national field director The Journal-World talked to Marshall by phone for Obama’s re-election campaign. this week from Brooklyn, N.Y., where he now He worked at the White House as special lives, about his career path, his profesassistant to the president and principal deputy sional aspirations and his thoughts director for the White House Office of Public on diversity discussions at KU and Please see GRAD, page 8A other universities nationwide.
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Jeremy Farmer — whose whereabouts have been unknown since he resigned as Lawrence’s mayor more than three months ago — appeared earlier this week at a deposition in St. Joseph, Mo. Farmer, said to be dating Farmer Amanda Comeau, was subpoenaed for a motion to modify child custody between Comeau and her ex-husband, Tad Binder, according to electronic filings on Missouri’s Office of State Courts Administrator’s website. Comeau is the woman for whom Farmer paid a portion of an airline ticket in July using a city-issued credit card. Please see FARMER, page 2A
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Marlon Marshall is pictured during a 2014 conference while working at the White House.
I do this work so that young people, with a particular emphasis on young people of color, can have the same opportunities as everyone else.”
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Inside: Student Senate push to impeach leaders faces long, involved process. 3A
— Marlon Marshall
Lawrence Costco rumors swirl, but much unclear Town Talk
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y radar is up and my wallet is locked up via log chain. Why? I’m hearing multiple accounts that a Costco may be coming to Lawrence. Multiple readers are telling me that employees at the Costco in Johnson County are talking about a pending announcement of a Costco store in Lawrence. I called the Costco store in Lenexa
town. There’s no doubt that there is such talk among some Costco employees, but I talked with a source who has good knowledge of Costco’s store opening process. That source told me Lawrence only recently has cracked the top 100 markets on Costco’s expansion list. The store opens
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Metro area is first in Kansas, second in Missouri to do so Kansas City, Mo. (ap) — Young Kansas City smokers will have to drive a bit farther to buy their cigarettes, e-cigarettes or vapor products under an ordinance that’s getting widespread support in the metropolitan area. On the same day as the American Cancer Society’s annual Great American Smokeout, the Kansas City, Mo., City Council voted 11-1 Thursday in favor of an ordinance raising the minimum age for tobacco products, rolling papers and alternative nicotine products to 21. Please see SMOKING, page 4A
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and simply asked the front desk employee whether the company is opening a store in Lawrence. She said: “I think we are, but there aren’t any dates yet.” I wouldn’t quite hook your trailer up to haul back all your Costco buys just yet. Conversations on Thursday afternoon did leave me with some doubt about how likely it is a Costco is coming to
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