> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.citizenjournal.us/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Lawrence daily brief - URL: https://www.citizenjournal.us/lawrence-daily-brief-88/ - Published: 2026-08-14T14:42:53.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-14T14:42:53.000Z - Description: Lawrence, Kansas and US news for busy people - Aug 14, 2026 edition - Author: Greg Loving - Tags: lcj, #brief, #fullemail # Lawrence - Debris tore a rubber bladder at Bowersock Dam in Lawrence, dropping Kansas River water levels by six feet near the city water plant. [→](https://www2.ljworld.com/news/city-government/2026/aug/13/heavy-debris-in-kansas-river-damages-bowersock-dam-creating-low-water-levels-near-lawrence-water-plant/?ref=citizenjournal.us) - A Douglas County judge sentenced a Lawrence man to two life prison terms for a 2022 double murder and attempted murder of police officers. [→](https://lawrencekstimes.com/2026/08/13/marshall-sentenced/?ref=citizenjournal.us) - The Douglas County Commission backed a proposed tax increment financing district in Eudora for a $153.6 million K-10 commercial project. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/county-backs-eudora-tax-district-for-153-6-million-k-10-project/) - Lawrence is creating a public database of city-owned undeveloped land to comply with a new Kansas housing law requiring it by Oct. 1\. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/lawrence-affordable-housing-advisory-board-summary-5/) - The Lawrence Affordable Housing Advisory Board authorized study on converting the former Traffic Control Building into housing units. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/lawrence-affordable-housing-advisory-board-summary-5/) - INVESTIGATION: Unused Kansas Department of Agriculture web subdomains were hijacked by bad actors to promote online gambling and pornographic content. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/kansas-government-subdomains-hijacked-to-advertise-porn-gambling-illegal-streaming/) - It's going to be a scorcher in Lawrence today with plenty of sunshine, a high near 99°F, and heat index values climbing as high as 110. --- # 🌾 Kansas - The Hays City Commission unanimously approved a Reinvestment Housing Incentive District and industrial revenue bonds to help the developer convert the former Lincoln Elementary School into 26 apartments and build seven fourplexes, part of a $6.35 million project advancing 54 housing units. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-249/) - Shawnee County commissioners voted 2-1 Thursday to block final action on new data center applications until Feb. 17, 2027, as Topeka and Ottawa impose their own moratoriums and deadlines on large-scale data center projects. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-249/) - The U.S. Drought Monitor reported Thursday that about 63% of Kansas is in at least moderate drought, with severe to extreme conditions spreading into southwestern Kansas during a critical period for crop development. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-249/) - Cattle futures fell Thursday, with October live cattle closing at $220.05 and September feeder cattle at $337.20, even as retail beef prices remain up about 12% over the past year amid tight supplies from herd reductions. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-249/) - Russian strikes hit Ukraine's Izmail port on the Danube early Thursday, compounding damage from Ukrainian attacks on Russia's Novorossiysk terminal and threatening Black Sea grain export routes. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-249/) --- # 🇺🇸 US - The S&P 500 closed at a record 7,798.99 Thursday after wholesale prices were flat in July, easing expectations of a September Fed rate hike. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-246/) - President Trump announced tiered tariffs Thursday on imported drones, up to 100% on larger militarily sensitive models, citing national security concerns over Chinese dominance of the market. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-246/) - The U.S. carried out three executions in Oklahoma, Tennessee and Alabama on Thursday, the first time three states executed prisoners on the same day since 2010\. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-246/) - China's booming car exports are straining global shipping capacity, with vehicle-carrier charter rates up 65% this year as automakers compete for scarce ships. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-246/) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday the U.S. Navy could sustain its blockade of Iranian ports indefinitely as officials bet tanker flows can keep oil prices below $90 a barrel. [→](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-us-news-stories-246/) --- # Weather ![Weather](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/e6/f7e66a8b-8f27-493f-8b7e-664ecefd4c3d/content/images/2026/08/Tab2FileL-14.png) --- --- # AUGUST 14, 1935: FDR SIGNS SOCIAL SECURITY ACT On this day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, creating a federal system of unemployment insurance, old-age pensions and aid for vulnerable Americans during the Great Depression. The landmark New Deal law established a permanent social safety net that still provides income support to retirees, disabled workers and survivors today. *This article was written using our proprietary AI system, Cronkite. 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