Lawrence

• The Lawrence Board of Education unanimously adopted its 2026-2027 budget, voting to exceed the revenue-neutral tax rate. →
• Lawrence Public Schools is opening five new preschool classrooms and hired five teachers to meet growing early childhood demand. →
• Lawrence Public Schools reported an 88.7% graduation rate for 2025, but noted a 13.2 percentage point gap for English Language Learners. →
• Lawrence Public Schools is preparing for upcoming Kansas State Board of Education policies governing student screen time and AI. →
• Explore Lawrence and Douglas County are drafting after-action reports on the economic impact of hosting the Algerian World Cup team. →
• Phase 2 renovations have begun at the Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center, including water slide dismantling and main pool excavation. →
• Expect a mostly sunny day with a high near 89°F, though you'll want to keep an umbrella handy as afternoon showers and thunderstorms move into the area.

🌾 Kansas

• Vice President JD Vance touted a pandemic loan fraud crackdown affecting 870,000 people before rallying Kansas Republicans at a Sept. 14 event in Olathe ahead of the Nov. 3 election. →

• Boeing machinists in Wichita voted Sept. 12-13 to seek reintegration into the company's master contract covering Puget Sound and Portland workers, aiming to reverse a two-decade pay gap. →

• Garden City schools reported a decline of 114 students this year amid falling birth rates, a trend Citizen Journal found mirrored in districts across Kansas. →

• The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services is seeking bids by Sept. 29 for a statewide, round-the-clock mental health crisis transportation system funded by $2.46 million in federal money. →

• Wichita signed a certificate of occupancy Sept. 14 to begin taking over its delayed $550 million Northwest Water Treatment Facility, with full operations expected in early 2027. →

🇺🇸 US

• AI stocks tumbled worldwide Monday after Anthropic's CEO called for slower development, with the Philadelphia semiconductor index dropping nearly 6% even as Trump rejected new regulations and Nvidia's Huang dismissed AI doomsday warnings as "made up." →

• The EPA repealed Monday a 2024 rule requiring coal- and gas-fired power plants to cut carbon dioxide emissions starting in the 2030s, a move it says will save the industry more than $300 billion. →

• The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration's emergency request to enforce a new Postal Service mail-ballot rule ahead of the midterms, leaving a lower court injunction in place. →

• The 10-year Treasury yield briefly topped 5% Monday, its highest since October 2023, as diesel prices hit a record $6.23 a gallon amid Middle East supply disruptions ahead of this week's Federal Reserve meeting. →

• Iran-backed Houthi rebels seized Yemen's Greater and Lesser Hanish islands Monday, extending their control near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and threatening a second major global oil shipping route. →

Weather

SEPTEMBER 15 1931: DIRIGIBLE BRIEFLY DOCKS AT EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

A small dirigible managed a short-lived docking at the new Empire State Building’s mooring mast before strong winds forced it to pull away. The much-publicized experiment dashed hopes that the skyscraper’s spire would serve as a convenient midtown Manhattan airship port.

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