Student residents forced out of KU apartment building because of drought-related damage
Sometimes we reporter types want to try to dig up more information than we can get by just dialing a phone number or clicking a ...
City to consider using gated, pay-as-you-leave system for new downtown parking garage
It is a popular game with a certain someone in my household: Where is the downtown parking meter patrol officer? I suspect you know how ...
Cooking away the CSA, week 10: The best flourless peanut butter cookies
OK, I realize peanut butter cookies do not seem like a CSA-friendly treat, but they are. Just stick with me. You see, these peanut butter ...
A little cleaner look at KU’s announced TV deal with Time Warner
The news regarding a broadcasting deal between Kansas Athletics, IMG College and Time Warner Cable/MetroSports to create a revamped Jayhawk Network has produced quite a ...
State seeking proposal to develop resort at Clinton Lake State Park
The idea of a destination-style resort at Clinton Lake — an old proposal that resurfaced late last year — is becoming more serious. Officials with ...
Upscale meal in peach orchard to showcase the fine-dining side of agrotourism
Think “agrotourism,” and pick-your-own apples and winery tours probably come to mind, at least in the Midwest. But another take on it is becoming increasingly ...
Where does each KU basketball returner need to improve?
It's the basketball offseason, which means it's the best time for the Kansas men's basketball players to improve their skills before the games begin to ...
Reducing Sexual Harassment in the Military
Any effort to reduce sexual harassment in the military needs to recognize that some men have never learned to adequately control their sex drives. Unfortunately, ...
City commissioners now will consider 700 block of Vermont as home for downtown transit hub
Buses, builders and bulldozers, oh my. It is not the latest elaborate act for Lawrence’s Busker Fest. Instead, it may be the newest solution to ...
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America’s Stifled Growth
In today’s Washington Post an article appears ( that explores why our recovery has been slower than historic experience. The gist of the article IMHO ...
Climate Realism
Many of you are familiar with the interchanges between a number of contributors to this space who favor a carbon tax to address climate change ...
KU starting to feel decline in federal research dollars
When I saw Steve Warren, KU's vice chancellor for research and graduate studies, at a groundbreaking event on Friday, I asked him about something that ...
Bedbugs on the radar screen of city officials; new ordinance would allow City Hall to create rules to exterminate pests
And here you thought property maintenance just meant keeping the grass mowed, the house painted, the roof shingled, and other such matters. Well, add one ...
New bridal shop opens along South Iowa Street
Area bridegrooms have it easy these days. It used to be that planning a wedding involved so much running around that you would ruin a ...
First Greetings from the KU Rugby Team, Whiteriver, South Africa
Greetings from South Africa! It’s day three of our adventure, and we already have so much to share. The tour group arrived Friday evening, and ...
Departing assistant superintendent to work for Fort Hays State
Adam Holden is going back to work for Fort Hays State University after his resignation as assistant superintendent in the Lawrence school district takes effect ...
City manager forecasting increase in city’s general fund property tax rate for 2014 budget
If City Manager David Corliss has his way, property tax bills in Lawrence may go up just a bit in 2014. Corliss is in the ...
Common Core wrongly tied to data project
The Common Core standards in reading and math in Kansas do not require states to collect massive amounts of personal data on every student. Nor ...
The biggest difference between Ben McLemore and Xavier Henry? Perception
The general consensus I get from Kansas basketball fans is that Xavier Henry was a bust in his one-and-done year, while Ben McLemore was a ...
Discovery Furniture launches major expansion in Topeka, but move won’t affect Lawrence location
As my wife sometimes tells our kids — and often tells me — we’re going to nip this in the bud. (We start taking her ...
- Kobach considering filing charges against protesters who came to his home June 17, 2013 · 118 comments
- City approves Menards store next to Home Depot at 31st and Iowa streets June 18, 2013 · 47 comments
- Blog: City to consider using gated, pay-as-you-leave system for new downtown parking garage June 19, 2013 · 3 comments
- Letter: Two is enough June 19, 2013 · 14 comments
- Blog: State seeking proposal to develop resort at Clinton Lake State Park June 18, 2013 · 28 comments
- Police investigate string of almost 20 auto burglaries in west Lawrence June 18, 2013 · 5 comments
- Opinion: Redskins mascot can’t be justified June 16, 2013 · 99 comments
- Editorial: Little choice June 19, 2013 · 4 comments
- Letter: Energy folly June 15, 2013 · 43 comments
- Residents irate over quarry blasting June 18, 2013 · 13 comments
- City approves Menards store next to Home Depot at 31st and Iowa streets June 18, 2013
- Transfer Hunter Mickelson to sit out, soak it up for a year June 19, 2013
- Opinion: Dick Vitale loves life, wife and Andrew Wiggins June 19, 2013
- Report says schools underfunded $657 million in FY 2015 June 17, 2013
- KU dean blasts negative national report on teacher preparation programs June 18, 2013
- Regents to consider bonds for new engineering building June 18, 2013
- City girls make all-region soccer June 1, 2013
- Agencies join forces to help homeless population acquire financial literacy June 6, 2013
- Police investigate string of almost 20 auto burglaries in west Lawrence June 18, 2013
- Location of Superman's hometown sparks geographic divide June 17, 2013
