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- Around and about in local business
- February 12, 2012
- Local business news for the week ending February 11, 2012.
- Netflix and Hulu air new scripted originals
- February 10, 2012
- Within just over a week, Netflix and Hulu are both debuting their first stabs at original scripted programming.
- AARP asks consumers to contact KCC to oppose Westar rate hike
- February 10, 2012
- As state regulators consider Westar Energy’s proposed rate increase, which would give shareholders a 10-percent profit, AARP Kansas is stepping up calls for people to oppose the decision.
- Lawrence leaders say changing to LED traffic lights a bright idea, money saver
- February 9, 2012
- A handful of city officials on Thursday celebrated briefly at Ninth and Massachusetts as crews completed a multi-year project to replace all incandescent traffic signal bulbs with energy-efficient LED lights.
- Chamber of Commerce names interim vice president of economic development
- February 9, 2012
- The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce is turning to a longtime banker and former chamber leader to serve as its interim director of economic development.
- Westar, KCC staff file settlement that would increase electric rates by $50 million
- 08:54 p.m., February 6, 2012 Updated 09:15 a.m.
- The proposed agreement was filed by the staff of the Kansas Corporation Commission and Westar. It will next go to the three-member KCC for consideration.
- City to decide whether to allow use of artificial grass in commercial projects
- February 5, 2012
- On the lawn of the Tuckaway Apartments at Frontier, it looks like Tiger Woods could play through at any moment. The grass, of course, isn’t grass. It is synthetic turf, and other than for use on sports fields, the city’s commercial landscape code says it is prohibited.
- Around and about in local business
- February 5, 2012
- Local business news for the week ending February 4, 2012.
- Douglas County Land Transfers for week ending Jan. 30
- February 3, 2012
- Douglas County land transfers for the week ending Jan. 30, 2012
- ‘Eggs and Issues’ breakfast set for Saturday
- February 1, 2012
- The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce will host its first “Eggs and Issues” breakfast this year from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Saturday in the Crystal Ballroom of the Eldridge Hotel, 701 Mass.
- Lawrence’s Deciphera Pharmaceuticals gets $7 million for project with Eli Lilly
- February 1, 2012
- A Lawrence drug development firm has received a $7 million payment from pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Co. for work on research that could lead to a new drug to fight cancer.
- Residential real estate market endures dismal 2011
- January 30, 2012
- It seems 2011 was the year for sitting — or perhaps cowering — in your house, not buying a new one.
- Emboldened GOP wants to abolish state income taxes
- January 30, 2012
- A year after Republicans swept into office across the country, many have trained their sights on what has long been a fiscal conservative’s dream: the steep reduction or even outright elimination of state income taxes.
- Around and about in local business
- January 29, 2012
- Local business news for the week ending January 28, 2011.
- Think tank says governor’s tax plan would benefit large businesses, wealthy investors
- January 28, 2012
- A tax research center says a major part of Gov. Sam Brownback’s tax overhaul would create a new giveaway to large businesses at the expense of state services and other taxpayers.
- Douglas County sand Transfers for the week ending Jan. 23, 2012
- January 27, 2012
- Land transfers from the Douglas County Register of Deeds office for the week ending Jan. 23, 2012.
- Consulting firm to help Lawrence Chamber of Commerce with CEO search
- January 26, 2012
- The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce has hired a consulting firm to conduct what is expected to be at least a four-month search for a new president and CEO.
- Military spouse hopes to build up support network for families
- January 25, 2012
- Ashley Urban, who moved to Lawrence four years ago, started the Lawrence Military Family Support Group on Facebook to help set up a network for military spouses like her. Being able to pass along information and advice on how to get through tough times will be the main benefit.
- Warmer weather helps Kansas unemployment in December
- January 24, 2012
- The Kansas jobless rate decreased in December, in part because of the unseasonably warm weather, officials said.
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