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New law will delay elected city officials By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
Tuesday election victors Jeremy Farmer and Terry Riordan will have to wait an extra week before taking their spots on the Lawrence City Commission. Local election officials on Thursday said they realized a change in state law affects how quickly Tuesday night’s Farmer election results can be made official. Those results won’t be made official until Thursday, April 11, which means Farmer and Riordan can’t be sworn into office on Tuesday, April 9, as originally planned. The two new members of the commission — along Riordan with holdover Mike Amyx — will take their oaths on April 16. That’s also when the new City Commission will hold its election to select a mayor from its ranks. Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew said the change comes from the Voter ID law that Please see CITY, page 2A
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WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI Virgil Brady, from left, Elaine Brady, Jim Maddox and Jan Maddox sport Shocker colors earlier this week as the WSU men’s basketball team prepared to play in the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament this weekend. The four Lawrence residents are also big fans of Kansas University basketball and were surprised to see their alma mater go further in the tournament than the Jayhawks did.
TOPEKA (AP) — Kansas legislators have delayed their final votes on a sweeping antiabortion bill that blocks tax breaks for providers and outlaws abortions solely because of the baby’s sex. The Senate and House had hoped to vote on the measure Thursday and send it to Gov. Sam Brownback. However, other business prevented lawmakers from getting to the bill before they adjourned for the day. Both chambers hope to vote today. The final version reconciles differences between the House and Senate. The bill also prohibits abortion providers from being involved in public school sex LEGISLATURE education classes and spells out in more detail what information doctors must provide to patients seeking abortions. The measure declares that life begins “at fertilization.” Abortion opponents see the language as a statement of principle, but critics worry it could have practical implications.
WSU alumni in Lawrence thrilled by Final Four appearance By Tom Keegan tkeegan@ljworld.com
Elaine Woodman was a physical education major and cheerleader in the late 1950s when her class schedule brought her to the Roundhouse, Wichita State’s gym, during the basketball team’s practice. The assistant basketball coach, Gary Thompson, was a distant relative, so she had no reservations about
VIRGIL BRADY PLAYED BASKETBALL for Wichita State in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and Elaine Woodman Brady was a cheerleader.
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Roger Ebert dies Film critic Roger Ebert, whose thumbs-up or -down reviews influenced generations of moviegoers, died Thursday at age 70. Page 6A
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