Lawrence

• The Lawrence Board of Education will hold hearings in September on a budget exceeding the revenue neutral rate as property values rise. →
• The Lawrence Board of Education approved an 80 percent property tax rebate for Alarm.com to convert a downtown Lawrence office building. →
• The Lawrence Board of Education approved a ban on student cell phone use during instructional hours, including restrooms and locker rooms. →
• Lawrence USD 497 introduced a policy prohibiting staff from two-way social media communication with students to comply with state law. →
• Lawrence Public Schools is reducing device distribution for elementary and middle school students to promote face-to-face instruction. →
• Transportation provider Durham School Services has hired 60 of 90 needed bus drivers for Lawrence Public Schools ahead of the school year. →
• The Lawrence Schools Foundation served nearly 3,000 families at its annual Kids Expo, offering free backpacks, shoes, and health screenings. →
• Expect mostly sunny skies in Lawrence today with a high near 98°F, but hang in there because heat index values could reach a sizzling 109°F.

🌾 Kansas

• The general election between Sen. Roger Marshall and the Rev. Adam Hamilton is projected to draw more than $50 million in combined spending, Kansas Reflector reported Monday. →

• The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry voted 10-11 along party lines to keep the five-year farm bill stalled in committee amid a SNAP funding dispute. →

• Kansas districts opened the 2026-27 school year by implementing storage and collection systems for the state's new all-day student cellphone ban under House Bill 2299. →

• Washburn University Institute of Technology opened its third campus Monday inside a former Kmart in North Topeka, two days before classes began. →

• Shawnee County residents asked the Planning Commission to recommend a one-year countywide moratorium on data center development, citing environmental and property-value concerns. →

🇺🇸 US

• President Donald Trump signed an executive order Aug. 10 cutting the federal list of universally recommended childhood vaccines from 18 to 11, shifting shots for COVID-19, flu, rotavirus, hepatitis A, hepatitis B and meningitis to individual clinical decision-making. →

• The FDA proposed a rule Aug. 10 that would end decades of voluntary self-certification for food additives, requiring companies to notify the agency and submit safety data before marketing new ingredients. →

• Newly released text messages show Dr. Anthony Fauci privately raised a theoretical concern in January 2021 that a strong immune response after a second COVID-19 vaccine dose could be linked to first-trimester miscarriage. →

• Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Aug. 10 that Meta, OpenAI, Amazon, Google and QTS agreed to comply with new state standards requiring data centers to fund their own power infrastructure and reuse water. →

• The Washington Post reported that a credible Iranian threat led U.S. officials to secretly transfer President Donald Trump to a smaller decoy aircraft before he left Turkey on July 8. →

Weather

AUGUST 11, 1934: FEDERAL PRISONERS ARRIVE AT ALCATRAZ

The first group of civilian inmates classified as the nation’s “most dangerous” were transferred to the newly fortified federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. Built on a former military prison site, “The Rock” was intended to house high-risk prisoners and deter escape attempts with its isolation and harsh surrounding waters.

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