I’m tempted to say that I don’t know what the big deal is about artificial intelligence. After all, people have long said all my intelligence is artificial. But clearly AI is a big deal. Nationally, Gallup produced a poll last month that showed 71% of Americans oppose AI data center ...

We are about to find out whether World Cup visitors are going to produce a surge in business for Lawrence establishments. As we’ve reported, the Algerian team arrived at its Lawrence base camp earlier this week, and Kansas City will start hosting World Cup matches next week. Expectations ...

If you are ever in need of a Lawrence trivia question, throw this one out: What is the most number of votes a Lawrence mayor has won in modern times? The answer: Five. For decades, Lawrence’s mayor has been elected by the five members of the Lawrence City Commission. Once a year, a ...

Plans for a hotel that will connect to KU’s football stadium and the 1,000-seat conference center inside the stadium have taken an important step forward. KU leaders are now publicly saying who the operator of the hotel will be. Jeff DeWitt, KU’s chief financial officer, told me in a ...

The latest population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau are out, and Lawrence was the only community of 40,000 people or more in Kansas that lost population last year. Lawrence’s population loss wasn’t particularly steep. The Census estimated Lawrence’s population as of July 1, 2025 ...

News and notes from around town. — Everything is bigger at Costco — including worries that something will derail the retailer’s plans to open in Lawrence later this year. When Costco announced in November that it had decided to build a giant retail store near Rock Chalk Park in ...