It is like a limbo game with hammer and nails. Halfway through the year, Lawrence’s single-family housing market may be amazing some onlookers with how low it can go. After setting a record low for new single-family housing starts in 2024, area builders are on pace to break that record this year. Actually, they are on pace to smash the record. Through June, the City of Lawrence has issued 19 ...
Businesses are always looking for a big break. Lawrence businessman Chad Landis has never had to look very far. After all, when you are in the pool hall business, one is likely to happen at any table. Soon, 30 of them may be happening at once. Landis has plans to make one of Lawrence’s largest pool halls even bigger by moving it into a former car dealer location on Sixth Street, creating room for 30 pool ...
Nearly half of the new $1 million salary for University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod will be paid with private funds, the Kansas Board of Regents told the Journal-World on Tuesday. All of the private funding will come from the KU Endowment Association, and will total $490,000 for the 2026 fiscal year, which began on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Regents said. As reported, the Board of Regents on Friday ...
A communications professional from the University of New Mexico has been named as the University of Kansas’ next vice chancellor in charge of communications and marketing efforts. Cinnamon Blair will begin her role as chief strategic communication officer and vice chancellor on Sept. 15, KU Chancellor Douglas Girod announced in a message to university employees. Blair currently serves as the chief ...
If Lawrence’s economy was a race car, its pit crew would be getting a little more anxious with each passing lap. Their car is falling slightly farther behind as the race nears a critical stage. That’s certainly one way to look at the latest sales tax numbers released by the Kansas Department of Revenue. The June report showed sales tax collections were lackluster for the one-month period, which caused ...
Let the meat spinning begin. A downtown restaurant spot is set to go from seafood to shawarma. A plan has been filed at Lawrence City Hall for a Shawarma Press restaurant to locate at 947 New Hampshire St., which is the spot that previously housed Krustaceans Seafood. If you are not familiar with shawarma, it is a Middle Eastern style for cooking a variety of meats. It usually involves a spinning rotisserie ...