City leaders will soon consider permanently allowing more types of businesses to sell alcohol as a secondary aspect of their overall sales. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider adopting a code change that would permanently allow businesses other than restaurants in the downtown and other commercial areas to have an accessory bar. The commission adopted a temporary resolution that allowed the secondary sale of alcohol in May 2020, and that resolution will expire at the end of this month without further action from the commission.
Source: LJWorld.com.

City leaders will soon consider how to move forward following a community task force recommendation that the city consider a system with a directly elected mayor and a six-member commission elected by districts. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will receive the recommendation of the City Government Study Task Force and decide whether to proceed with a process to engage the public on the issue ahead of potentially putting the recommended changes to a public vote.
Source: LJWorld.com.

Flexibility to conduct public meetings remotely could be thrust into uncertainty if Kansas lawmakers opt to end the state’s COVID-19 emergency declaration, posing a conundrum for the handful of local government bodies that aren’t yet allowing the public to attend their hearings in person. As the pandemic began last March, Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s office issued new rules granting governmental bodies leeway in how they complied with the Kansas Open Meetings Act. Meetings had to remain public, but that could be achieved by allowing citizens to join a Zoom stream or conference call. Other efforts must be made to make the process as legible to the public as possible.
Source: Dodge City Daily Globe.

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A labor union representing the Lawrence school district’s paraeducators grew to include all classified staff on Monday. The Lawrence school board unanimously approved recognizing PAL-CWA as the union representing the staff category that includes custodians, office and cafeteria staff and other employees who aren’t licensed teachers. As a recognized union, the members will bargain with the district administration over wages, benefits and various workplace issues.
Source: LJWorld.com.

Completing internships before stepping into the workforce full time can be crucial for students, as such opportunities offer hands-on experience and help them determine whether a career is a good fit. That has been the case for Allison Montague, a rising senior at Topeka High School. This past school year, Montague completed a paid internship at Stormont Vail Hospital, where she served as a patient safety monitor and helped Stormont nurses with some of their daily tasks.
Source: CJonline.com.