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The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

Free Press Online

The student-run news site of Lawrence Free State High School

Free Press Online

NEWS BRIEF: Midterm Elections

NEWS BRIEF: Midterm Elections

Natasha Torkzaban and Lilly Wall November 9, 2022

Yesterday, the Kansas midterms and Douglas County city commissioner election took place, with two constitutional amendments also on the ballot. .  For the City Commissioner election, all in-person...

When Kansas Governor Sam Brownback announced his plan to cut the state's education budget, criticisms arose from all across the country. 'The track record that they have had showed that the district weathered pretty good the last round of cuts. To have an education system wholesale turned upside down, I don’t think that would happen.” Principal Ed West said.

Governor Sam Brownback introduces plan to cut school funding

Kenneth Palmer, Copy Editor March 6, 2015

A MoveOn Petition to “Recall Sam Brownback” with upwards of 30,000 signatures from all over the country, a New York Times article questioning the state’s financial plan and plenty of other national...

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Double Personality Profile: For and Against Same-Sex Marriage

ciara sayler, reporter April 19, 2013

Mack Lottinville (For): Senior What is your opinion on same-sex marriage and why? I am completely for same-sex marriage, I don’t see any reason why someone shouldn’t be able to marry someone who...

Teachers unions wary of bills moving through state legislature

Teachers unions wary of bills moving through state legislature

katie guyot, co-editor-in-chief February 3, 2013

Bills forbidding paycheck deductions for union dues, limiting collective bargaining rights closing in on the law books When the Lawrence Education Association--the teachers union representing educators...

The Fiscal Cliff for Teenagers

The Fiscal Cliff for Teenagers

Maria Carrasco, Reporter January 22, 2013

It’s called the ‘Fiscal Cliff’ for a reason. If Congress had failed to come to a decision, the United States would have fallen off of the “cliff” and into a deficit of 1.1 trillion dollars which...

Double Sided Coin of Abortion- Pro Choice

ryan liston, reporter December 18, 2012

I am a guy who believes people should be given choices. I believe that, when posed with a difficult situation, people should have the right to make their own decision. I believe in the right to privacy....

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