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BUS RIDERS HEADING TO JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE GET ON THE K-10 CONNECTOR at the 19th Street and Haskell Avenue pickup spot on Tuesday. Johnson County and the city of Lawrence have not yet agreed on how the route will be funded in the future.
K-10 bus running, but funding issue remains Johnson County-run service may see changes in the future By Rochelle Valverde
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he K-10 Connector bus service has begun for the school year, but the route may see changes in the future as Lawrence and Johnson County leaders continue to debate its funding. Johnson County operates the route, and ahead of Lawrence’s recent budget discussions requested that the city more than double its funding for the service. Johnson County officials indicated at the time that if Lawrence didn’t do so, its support for the route would likely need to be reassessed. “We really wanted to make sure
120,000
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is the annual ridership for the route, according to Josh Powers, business liaison for the Johnson County Manager’s office.
of riders surveyed in 2012 were from Douglas County, Powers said. Another survey will be conducted in coming weeks.
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that funding was secure, and obvious- liaison for the Johnson County manly there was an interest in having that ager’s office. discussion of ‘what does equitable > BUS, 4A look like?’” said Josh Powers, business
Kansas election official: System safe from hackers By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com
Topeka — The Kansas secretary of state’s office said Tuesday it is confident that the state’s voter registration rolls and other sensitive election data are secure from potential hacking. “I feel like we have taken the appropriate security precautions to keep it safe,” said Bryan Caskey, director of the elections
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two states had been hacked, but Yahoo News published a story Monday quoting sources familiar with the documents who said the states were Arizona and Illinois. — Bryan Caskey, director of the elections division of the Kansas Caskey said his office resecretary of state’s office ceived that alert and also took part in a conference call with division in Kansas Secretary of advising them that hackers the Department of Homeland State Kris Kobach’s office. based outside the United States Security to discuss potential seEarlier this month, the FBI had broken into election data- curity threats. sent alerts to state election of- bases in two states. ficials throughout the country, The FBI did not specify which > HACKERS, 2A
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A Lawrence police officer accused of using excessive force during the arrest of a local firefighter no longer works for the department, the city says. > OFFICER, 2A
Green Party’s Stein to appear on ballot By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com
Topeka — Green Party candidate Jill Stein has earned a spot on the presidential ballot in Kansas.
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