KU Chancellor Doug Girod has helped the Trump administration craft a letter asking U.S. universities to broaden their idealogical spectrum and put “Americans, and American interests,” first, according to national reports. Girod was among four university chancellors and presidents who help ...

The company building a one-mile underground nuclear reactor in Parsons, Kansas, did not meet a previous July 4 deadline for criticality — or a fully functioning reactor — but the company now says it’s focused on testing and commercialization. The Department of Energy set the ...

TOPEKA — A federal appellate court revived a portion of a lawsuit that accuses Hill’s Pet Nutrition in Topeka of engaging in false advertising and orchestrating a misinformation campaign about an unsubstantiated animal health risk of pet food manufactured by rivals. The U.S. Court of ...

Lines at polling places were a sure sign advance voting had picked up in Douglas County on Friday, but County Clerk Jamie Shew wants voters to be mindful of a key slowdown as well — mail delivery. Shew told the Journal-World that he is urging residents with advance ballots to drop them off ...

TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court chose not to authorize an expedited review of lower court decisions temporarily blocking enforcement of a new state law repealing the three-day grace period for mail-in advance ballots. On Thursday, a majority of the state’s highest court declined ...

The number of the day at the Kansas Board of Regents was $25,000. University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod, along with the presidents of Kansas State and Wichita State, each received a $25,000 raise from the Regents ahead of the upcoming school year. Girod’s increase was the smallest ...