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Kobach: Kansas has ‘green light’ on immigration Secretary optimistic despite court’s striking down most of Arizona law
By John Hanna Associated Press
TOPEKA — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach said a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday on illegal immigration gives legislators in his home state a “green light” for a crackdown, but his fel-
low Republicans still aren’t all behind him. Kobach, a former law professor who’s advised officials across the nation on gettough policies on immigration, said he’s pleased with
the high court’s ruling on an Arizona law he helped draft two years ago, even though the justices struck down three of the four provisions under attack. The justices kept in place a provision re-
quiring police to check the immigration status of people stopped for other reasons if officers have a reasonable suspicion they’re in the U.S. illegally. Kobach called the “show
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City to consider incentives for ‘arts zone’
By Chad Lawhorn
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GABE SETTERS, 11, OTTAWA, TAKES A GULP from his water jug as he and other youth football campers take a break on Monday morning at Lawrence High School. Temperatures exceeding 100 degrees are expected throughout much of this week.
Little relief expected from blazing temps By Meagan Thomas mthomas@ljworld.com
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is urging Kansans to stay indoors and keep cool after the National Weather Service issued a Heat Advisory Warning for Lawrence and other parts of Kansas from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday.
A Heat Advisory Warning is issued when the temperature and humidity combine to create a heat index of 105 degrees or higher. Bill Gargan, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Topeka, said today looks as though it will be a cooler 97 degrees and the NWS will likely not issue a heat advisory. Despite the slightly cool-
er weather, Wednesday and Thursday temperatures are estimated to reach at least 101 degrees. The heat will continue Friday with a 100-degree high. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms Saturday is expected to lower the temperature to a high of 95. The high Sunday is expected to be 93. The extreme weather poses
the risk of heat-related injuries or illness. Kansas State climatologist Mary Knapp said one of the biggest problems for the week will be the humidity levels in the area and the warm temperatures overnight. “The dangerous factor is going to be that those nighttime temperatures are going
City commissioners will consider approving about $500,000 worth of incentives to spur a project that is being touted as a boon to both the arts scene and East Lawrence. Commissioners at their weekly meeting will be asked to approve a special type of property tax rebate to facilitate the renovation of the late-1800s-era Ciderworks Building, 812 Pa., that is envisioned as a centerpiece for a new arts district. “I think CITY we have a COMMISSION chance to create a zone near downtown to help grow the arts movement, provide artists another place to exhibit their works and really provide another reason for people to come visit Lawrence,” City Commissioner Mike Dever said. But first it will require some financial incentives. Area developer Tony Krsnich is seeking to use the Neighborhood Revitalization Act, which will allow the project to receive a 10year rebate on 95 percent of the new property taxes generated from the renovated
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List of health priorities doesn’t include alcohol, dental care about picking winners and losers, it sure felt like it to some. Twenty-eight community leaders were charged with finalizing a list of Douglas County’s ed by a show of hands to focus top health priorities for the next on the following five areas:
Lack of physical activity. five years. After 90 minutes of
Inadequate recognition of debate and discussion, they vot-
By Karrey Britt kbritt@ljworld.com
Although Dan Partridge, director of the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, said Monday’s meeting on setting health priorities wasn’t
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School board OKs deals The Lawrence school board was in a cooperative mood at Monday night’s meeting, approving a deal with the city on new tennis courts and signing on to an agreement to support a Neighborhood Revitalization Act deal. Page 3A
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Concerns that didn’t make the final cut but were discussed: alcohol abuse and limited access to dental services. David Ambler, a health department board member, was surprised that alcohol abuse
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