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Area lawmaker says meeting a ‘decoy’ to confirm judge with little public scrutiny By John Hanna Associated Press
TOPEKA — Kansas lawmakers expect to consider up to 19 of Gov. Sam Brownback’s appointments during a special legislative session, prompting a top critic Monday to declare that the session has been “orchestrated” to quickly confirm a new state Court of Appeals judge without much public scrutiny. The Republican governor has called the GOP-dominated Legislature into session Sept. 3 to rewrite the state’s “Hard 50” criminal sentencing law. It allows judges to sentence convicted murderers to life in prison with no chance of parole for 50 years, and a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision raised questions about its constitutionality. But GOP leaders said with lawmakers Please see SPECIAL, page 2A
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MONDAY WAS MOVING DAY for many renters in town. Some belongings didn’t make the cut for the move, including these 12 couches all found in an area bordered by 12th and 16th streets on the north and south and Ohio and Kentucky streets on the west and east.
Evidence of relocating renters lines Lawrence’s streets in annual ritual By Caitlin Doornbos cvdoornbos@ljworld.com
It’s that time of year again, when the annual Lawrence moving shuffle begins. This week, thousands of renters’ leases expire and many Lawrencians will begin the mad dash to new apartments, houses and different cities. But while packing their lives away in cardboard boxes, many movers discover just how much stuff has accumulated in their homes. Some
of that stuff will make the move, but a lot of it must go. Mike Hathaway and Bryan Runnels’ front lawn of their west Lawrence home on Sunday looked like many others in town this time of year. Brown leather couches, Xbox games, a wine refrigerator and a grill — leftover artifacts from their time together as roommates — were strewn about the yard as neighbors picked through the remnants of their moving sale.
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TOPEKA — Legislative leaders on Monday approved sending state budget writers on a tour of each public university to review and discuss higher education funding. The move comes just weeks after Republican leaders approved budget cuts to higher education, making Kansas one of only a handful of states that have reduced funding to universities this year. The Legislative Coordinat- KANSAS ing Council, which consists of UNIVERSITY Republican and Democratic leaders, approved six days of meetings to send members of the House Appropriations Committee, Senate Ways and Means
TAYLOR HOLM, a KU senior from Atchison, moves out of his
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