Multiple local groups will host more than a dozen candidates for the Lawrence City Commission in a “speed campaign event” ahead of the primary election later this summer. The League of Women Voters of Lawrence-Douglas County,

The co-author of a national assessment of challenges faced by local election administrators focused on the failure of some Kansas counties to match rising costs of voting technology and election staff with budgets heavily reliant on property tax revenue.

Abilene’s own Scott Hill will replace J.R. Claeys as the District 24 Kansas Senator. The District 70 Representative won the majority vote during a convention June 16.

A Democratic candidate for Kansas governor as well as candidates for Lawrence City Commission and Lawrence school board will speak at the Douglas County Democrats' annual pie auction this weekend.