Affordable housing has been the issue that’s caught the eye of Lawrence voters recently.
After Tuesday night’s Lawrence City Commission meeting, it might also have caught the eye of state officials who control the fate of millions of dollars in affordable housing tax credits — and not in the way that local advocates would like.
This week’s City Commission meeting included an agenda item that normally ...
UPDATED 5:25 P.M. MARCH 6
KU and the labor union representing the university’s approximately 1,600 faculty members have reached a tentative agreement on wages, working conditions and a host of other issues, the union announced Friday morning.
Leaders with the United Academics of KU said the agreement — the first ever between the university and the union — will ensure “dignified compensation for ...
Faculty and staff leaders were expected on Wednesday to release the totals of an informal vote on whether KU community members have confidence in Chancellor Doug Girod amid rising labor tensions.
No such vote results emerged on Wednesday. Instead, Faculty Senate President Misty Heggeness — one of two organizers of the vote — said a decision was made to keep the online voting open until next week. ...
KU management and the labor union representing its faculty members were scheduled to negotiate Thursday as the two parties near the date that KU has said it would seek to declare the negotiations at an impasse.
An update posted by the United Academics of KU — which represents about 1,500 faculty members as it seeks a first-time labor contract with the university — said negotiations are expected to resume ...
A deal for a 110-room hotel on the northeast corner of 11th and Massachusetts streets is close to being finalized — and there is a juicy piece of speculation attached to it as well. Word in development circles is that a Graduate Hotel by Hilton has chosen the site, which would mean a true KU-themed hotel would be coming to the downtown district.
Tony Krsnich, who owns the 11th and Massachusetts site that ...
UPDATED 9:35 P.M. March 2
In the wake of stalled labor negotiations, faculty and staff leaders at the University of Kansas are asking employees to consider a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Douglas Girod and the university’s chief financial officer.
In a joint email this week, the KU Faculty Senate President Misty Heggeness and KU University Senate President Poppy DeltaDawn are asking all employees to ...
