Following nearly six months of silence and a federal court order, Lawrence USD 497 began turning over public records to two student journalists at The Budget and Free Press this week. Every document arrived...

Lawrence USD 497 is headed back before a federal judge April 23 in a public-records dispute that now includes a request for civil contempt. On April 23, U.S. District Judge Kathryn H. Vratil will hold...

A federal lawsuit, filed Aug. 1, alleges that USD 497’s usage of Gaggle, an online monitoring software, subjected “all students to round the clock digital surveillance” and “suspicionless searches...

Editor’s note: This is a developing story and will be updated as new information becomes available. A federal lawsuit, filed Aug. 1, challenges USD 497’s adoption of AI surveillance software Gaggle,...