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MONDAY, JULY 18, 2016 | VOLUME 131 ISSUE 07
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Bernie Sanders supporters in Lawrence focus efforts on party unity following his endorsement of Clinton
▶ WILL WEBBER
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lawrence democratic voters and campaigns are realigning efforts for the upcoming presidential election after Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont announced his endorsement for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last Tuesday.
While Clinton maintained a comfortable lead over Sanders for most of the primary season, Kansas, and Lawrence in particular, voiced significantly stronger support for Sanders. He won 81.4 percent of the vote
in the Lawrence caucus and took 23 of Kansas' 33 delegates back in March. Sanders has performed best with millennials, and Lawrence's median age is 29 years old, according to city data from 2014.
Sanders capitalized on high voter turnout, which drew about 39,000 people statewide, up from 36,723 who participated in the 2008 caucuses when Clinton and President Obama were running. While Sanders hasn't dropped out of the race, both his and the Clinton campaigns are shifting their focus to party unity
and igniting local bases.
Galanea Miller, one of the founders of Lawrence Kansas for Bernie, said her group has been working hard to help local "Berniecrats" and Kansas democrats file for candidacy and aid in fundraising for delegates. Miller, an elected delegate and caucus leader herself, says Sanders' message extends far beyond the national election.
"Seeing my state plummeting more and more—of course I want to help the delegates, but right now I
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Associated Press Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks after Sanders endorsed Clinton at a rally at Portsmouth High School in Portsmouth, N.H., Tuesday, July 12, 2016.
Bert Nash and CAPS relationship secure despite state funding cuts CONNER MITCHELL July 1, with the beginning Sam Brownback
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Bert Nash, the Lawrence community mental health center, is feeling the impact of state funding cuts to mental health services. On
July 1, with the beginning of the new fiscal year, the center lost nearly $1 million of its$ 11.5 million budget, CEO Dave Johnson said in an email.
In May, to balance the state operating budget, Gov.
Sam Brownback cut funding for the state Medicaid program by four percent. The reduction amounted to a loss of $30 million in funding for mental health hospitals across the state.
Even with the loss in
funding, however, the relationship between Bert Nash and Counseling and Psychological Services at the University will not change Johnson said. During the student fee review process for the 2016-17 school year,
members of Student Senate approved a $1.60 increase in funding provided to Bert Nash.
Johnson said the increase will allow Bert Nash to maintain the services provided to University stu-
dents, which include medical evaluations for more serious mental health conditions which CAPS is not equipped to treat.
CAPS Director Mike