City Commissioner Mike Dever said he wasn’t exactly happy with Lawrence’s 2027 budget. He wasn’t happy that it would raise the property tax rate by about 1 1/2 mills. But he also said that without his vote, and with the commission evenly split between yes and no, there would be no ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Kash Patel defended Tuesday a recent policy change to allow some applicants who have engaged in prostitution and bestiality to be considered for employment, insisting that the move was made to enable victims of those acts to apply for a job without fear of ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. war against Iran has cost the Department of Defense more than $38 billion through Aug. 1, and will continue costing up to $3 billion a month or more depending on the intensity of the conflict, according to an assessment released Tuesday by the nonpartisan ...
The University of Kansas along with three other state universities are forging ahead under a new state law that will allow them to lease their property without the approval of the Kansas Board of Regents. KU, Kansas State, Wichita State University and Pittsburg State University have all ...
Bad television was a big part of the creation of Town Talk. While some of these posts made about as much sense as the plot of a "Gilligan’s Island" episode, that’s not what I’m talking about. Rather, there was a time when I personally created bad television. Years ago, under different ...
Lawrence-area high school seniors have been named semifinalists for a national scholarship, putting them among the highest-scoring students in the country and in the running for scholarships to be awarded next spring. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation – a nonprofit established in ...
