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COVID-19 response in Douglas County, Kansas (2020)

Collected by: University of Kansas

Archived since: Mar, 2020

Description:

This archive documents the response to, narrative of, and events surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic in Douglas County and at the University of Kansas. This includes the efforts of the University, county and cities governments, businesses, and the community at large. Some of the sources included in this archive are official university websites, county and city government pages, and news stories. This archive attempts to track and gather the digital response of the county, University, and their communities to the COVID-19 pandemic and the events and changes that followed. As this is still on ongoing situation, more websites are added as new information and procedures emerge

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Title: 6th Grader Seeks Help to Change Local High School Mascot

URL: http://www.theindianleader.com/2020/11/03/6th-grader-seeks-help-to-change-local-high-school-mascot/

Description: Shawnee Mission, KS — Eleven year old Halley Vincent is asking the Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) community to help petition her local school board to change the mascot of Shawnee Mission North High School. Vincent sees the school’s mascot “The Shawnee Indians” as problematic and thinks now is theContinue Reading

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Title: EHS students cast votes in mock 2020 election

URL: https://eudoratimes.wixsite.com/news/post/ehs-students-cast-votes-in-mock-2020-election/

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Title: KU Gen Z on first time voting

URL: https://www.kansan.com/arts_and_culture/ku-gen-z-on-first-time-voting/article_a3a074fc-1d86-11eb-b7a9-170679cae058.html

Description: More voters between the ages 18-29 are voting in the election this year than previous years. KU first-time voters tell what their first experience was like.

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Subject:   Arts & Culture

Title: KU Gen Z on first time voting

URL: https://www.kansan.com/chalkmagazine/ku-gen-z-on-first-time-voting/article_a3a074fc-1d86-11eb-b7a9-170679cae058.html

Description: More voters between the ages 18-29 are voting in the election this year than previous years. KU first-time voters tell what their first experience was like.

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Subject:   Chalkmagazine

Title: Bollier: 'We came up a bit short tonight, but you aren’t walking away defeated'

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/bollier-we-came-up-a-bit-short-tonight-but-you-aren-t-walking-away-defeated/article_7f5b331e-1e5a-11eb-8c2d-df69054c434d.html

Description: U.S. Senate candidate Barbara Bollier, a Democrat, conceded to her challenger, Roger Marshall late Tuesday night. Kansas Young Democrats believe regardless of the outcome, Bollier built critical infrastructure for Democrats statewide.

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Subject:   General news

Title: COVID-19 safety precautions may lead to election results delay

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/covid-19-safety-precautions-may-lead-to-election-results-delay/article_c6d668ba-1d85-11eb-bd34-4b7e3b99e009.html

Description: Election results may be delayed election night due to safety precautions and a historically high number of advanced and mail-in ballots, Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab says.

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Subject:   General news

Title: Douglas County: 85% return rate for mail-in ballots

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/douglas-county-85-return-rate-for-mail-in-ballots/article_f471569c-1dfb-11eb-9327-9bf413e4a78b.html

Description: COVID-19 has increased mail-in voting numbers in Douglas County and may affect voting policies in the future.

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Subject:   General news

Title: Kansas Athletics to take part in Power to the Polls event at the Lied Center

URL: https://www.kansan.com/sports/kansas-athletics-to-take-part-in-power-to-the-polls-event-at-the-lied-center/article_8be9f158-1d45-11eb-90f1-3f5158f14b3e.html

Description: Kansas Athletics will partner with Student Senate in the Power to the Polls event at the Lied Center on Election Day. This is just one of the ways Kansas Athletics is looking to further civic engagement with its athletes.

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Subject:   Sports

Title: Another Kansas inmate dies from virus; Wichita hospital adds beds as cases rise

URL: https://www2.ljworld.com/news/state-region/2020/nov/03/another-kansas-inmate-dies-from-virus-wichita-hospital-adds-beds-as-cases-rise/

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Subject:   State region

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