Threading Liberation Day in Kansas The state kills a nutty licensing rule after an immigrant sues. The Editorial Board | July 19, 2022 8:58 Talk about a good hair day: On July 1 Kansas liberated salon workers from one of its dumbest occupational licensing requirements. Threading, as it’s known, involves...
Sunday reader: Early voting interest; Davids’ fundraising haul By Brad Cooper | July 17, 2022 Good morning everyone: One word sums up the week: Panasonic. Not sure there was any other news that caps the announcement of a $4 billion investment with 4,000 jobs. We are now 16 days away...
Life for a Kansas couple looking to hire another family member to work in the family business became reality as SB 348 became law on July 1, 2022. The bipartisan bill was prompted by a lawsuit filed by Kansas Justice Institute on behalf of a...
75 key issues, bills, votes from the 2022 Kansas Legislature By Brad Cooper | May 24, 2022 Well, the 2022 legislative session is now done. Here’s a look at the 75 major pieces of legislation and issues that have been debated, passed or killed this year. We think we got to...
HAYS POST Posted Oct 12, 2020 7:00 PM LAWRENCE, Kan. – A Lawrence-Douglas County local health officer, updated an emergency order requiring restaurants and bars to stop serving alcohol at 11:00 p.m. and to close their doors at midnight, regardless of the establishment’s existing COVID mitigation procedures and protocols. Peach...
By: MACKENZIE CLARK - Public safety reporter The owner of a downtown Lawrence bar is asking a federal judge to rule that a Douglas County health order limiting business hours is unconstitutional and unenforceable. The lawsuit also seeks due process, such as a hearing before a neutral...
Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Even as Kansas recorded another record spike in COVID-19 cases, Lawrence health officials were hit with a lawsuit over an emergency health order that limits bar hours in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus. Rita “Peach” Madl, the...
BY ANNA SPOERRE OCTOBER 12, 2020 01:36 PM, UPDATED OCTOBER 12, 2020 01:48 PM A Lawrence bar is suing a local health official over an emergency health order that limits bar hours in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus. According to the Oct. 1 order...
