Lawrence

• City engineers defended a new raised median at 19th and Massachusetts streets, citing 122 injury crashes in the corridor over the last decade as justification for safety changes. →
• Lawrence’s Historic Resources Commission approved the design for The Place @ KU, a planned 83-unit apartment complex in the Oread neighborhood. The board’s 4-1 vote confirms the project aligns with the area’s historic character, clearing a key hurdle for development. →
• The search for Lawrence's next city manager is moving forward as the city partners with a consulting firm to lead the recruitment and hiring process. →
• Overriding concerns from nearby residents, the city commission voted unanimously to annex and rezone approximately 65 acres of land near the Lawrence Nature Park. →
• Officials voted to rescind temporary rules that would have allowed more short-term rentals during the World Cup, returning the city to its standard licensing regulations. →
• The city will use $615,000 in transient guest tax funds for marketing, volunteer coordination, and community watch parties during the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup. →
• City staff identified sites for World Cup-themed art, including a sculpture at the Lawrence Public Library and interactive pieces along Massachusetts Street. →
• The Cultural Arts Commission approved a Hang12 project featuring jigsawed plywood wayfinding markers of local wildlife for the New Hampshire Street parking garage. →
• The Cultural Arts Commission approved a 13-by-18-foot photographic banner by Gary Mark Smith to be displayed on City Hall ahead of the 2026 World Cup. →
• The Affordable Housing Advisory Board voted against implementing pre-packaged tax credit incentives for housing developers. →
• It’s going to be a beautiful sunny day in Lawrence with a high of 77, though you’ll want to watch out for those southwesterly gusts reaching up to 30 mph.

🌾 Kansas

• Kansas will run a deficit every year through 2028, according to updated Consensus Revenue Estimates that show income tax collections falling $127.4 million below previous predictions for the fiscal year ending June 30. →

• Former Coldwater Mayor Joe Ceballos pleaded guilty Monday to three misdemeanor counts of disorderly election conduct, receiving a $2,000 fine and suspended six-month jail sentence for voting illegally as a noncitizen. →

• Ford County Fire and EMS Firefighter/Paramedic William Cory "Liam" Price died Sunday after suffering a medical emergency while on duty. →

• Former University of Kansas runner Sharon Lokedi won her second consecutive Boston Marathon on Monday, finishing in 2:18:51 to capture her third World Marathon Majors title. →

• Kansas health and extension officials are warning residents that ticks have emerged in large numbers this spring, with experts attributing the early activity to warmer-than-average weather. →

🇺🇸 US

• Uncertainty over U.S.-Iran peace talks Tuesday exposes a power struggle between political officials leading negotiations and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which increasingly holds final authority over Iran's positions. →

• Virginians vote Tuesday on a Democratic-backed referendum that could redraw the state's congressional map and deliver the party as many as four additional House seats. →

• Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple chief executive Sept. 1, handing the role to hardware chief John Ternus while becoming executive chairman. →

• Amazon will invest an additional $5 billion in Anthropic as part of a broadening partnership that could grow to $25 billion, with Anthropic agreeing to buy more than $100 billion of Amazon cloud services. →

• Uber has committed more than $10 billion to buying autonomous vehicles and taking stakes in their developers, marking a shift from its asset-light gig-economy model. →

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APRIL 21, 753 B.C.: ROME FOUNDED BY ROMULUS

According to Roman tradition, the city was established by Romulus on the site where he and his twin brother Remus were miraculously saved and nursed by a she‑wolf. The myth, later refined by scholars like Marcus Terentius Varro, became the foundational legend explaining Rome’s divine origins and early rise.

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