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‘Fiscal cliff’ deadline passes; work continues

2012 ends on snowy note

Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo

A DOWNTOWN TREE BEGINS TO ACCUMULATE SNOW on its branches Monday as Lawrence resident Michele Book Ediger walks along the 700 block of Massachusetts Street.

Snow causes few problems

WASHINGTON (AP) —The “fiscal cliff” deadline passed late Monday — technically, at least. The beginning of the new year in theory means across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts kick in, but Congress was working past midnight, and will continue today, to cancel them before they can have an impact. The White House reached a New Year’s Eve accord with Senate Republicans late Obama Monday to neutralize acrossthe-board tax increases and spending cuts in government programs due to take effect at midnight, according to administration and Senate Democratic officials. Under the deal, taxes would remain steady for the middle class and rise at incomes over Please see FISCAL, page 6A

By Ian Cummings icummings@ljworld.com

Less than an inch of snow fell on Lawrence on Monday, and although temperatures slightly above freezing kept treated streets from getting snow-packed during the day, area roads and highways did get sloppy in the evening. The year-end snowfall will be the arMike Yoder/Journal-World Photo ea’s last opportunity for significant precipitation for at least a week, the National A SNOW PLOW AND SAND TRUCK with Wakarusa Township spreads sand Monday Please see SNOW, page 2A on North 1500 Road just east of the Lawrence city limits.

Big decisions in store for public schools ———

$92M bond issue, new science standards, NCLB waiver on education agenda By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

Remember: Library will close

Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo

A sign alerts drivers that starting Wednesday the parking lot south of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St., will close to prepare for the library’s $18 million expansion project. The library itself will be closed today and will reopen Wednesday for regular hours through Sunday. After that the library will be closed from Monday to Jan. 21 to move its collections and offices to its temporary home in the former Borders building at 700 New Hampshire St. pending the expansion project, which is expected to last until April 2014. Any fixtures and furnishings that are not going to 700 New Hampshire St. or going into storage will be offered for sale to the public at a Rummage Sale on Feb. 9.

Education officials in Lawrence and throughout the state are looking ahead to a year of monumental decisions that will be made at every level, from the schoolhouse to the Statehouse, and even the courthouse. The issues range from a $92.5 million bond issue to be decided by voters in April to the adoption of new science standards and implementation of the federal waiver from No Child Left Behind at the State Board of Education. At the Statehouse, Kansas lawmakers will grapple with school funding issues that were made all the more complicated by the

2013 A look ahead

Please see SCHOOLS, page 2A

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Justice not welcome

Vol.155/No.1 20 pages

New Kansas House Speaker Ray Merrick has turned down a request from Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss to address the 2013 Legislature. Page 3A

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