The Douglas County Spelling Bee always comes down to letters, but you couldn’t be blamed for taking note of a certain number when it appeared at Saturday’s event.
Maci Perrins entered the lobby of Billy Mills Middle School on Saturday morning to check in for the event that features the top spellers from each elementary and middle school in the county. Like all the contestants, she was asked to draw a ...
A bill that would further tighten how universities could teach diversity, equity and inclusion topics in the classroom was scheduled to get a key vote in the Kansas House on Wednesday, but the hearing never materialized.
On Thursday, an assistant with the House Education Committee told the Journal-World a hearing on HB 2428 — often known as the Freedom from Indoctrination Act — did not get either a ...
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Perhaps you know the feeling: On Valentine’s Day chocolate and flowers sometimes suffice, while other years a piece of jewelry might be in order. Then there are those years where circumstances suggest — is that the right word — that something a bit more extravagant is in order.
A complete kitchen makeover? A bath remodel? A new swimming pool? If that is your ...
Tuition may be frozen and tenure may be broken.
Those are two of the bigger issues that leaders at the University of Kansas and the state’s other universities are watching as the Kansas Legislature enters a critical period for new laws that would impact higher education.
One proposal that is working its way through the Kansas House would cut about $18 million from the operating and student aid budgets of ...
University of Kansas students who get their health insurance through a special program overseen by the Kansas Board of Regents are expected to see their premiums rise slightly next school year.
The Board of Regents at its meeting on Wednesday is being asked to approve premium increases of a little more than 3% for the program, which provides health insurance to eligible graduate students, international ...
While it doesn’t get nearly as much attention as its cousin “Have a Holly Jolly Christmas,” the song “Have a Nearly Average Christmas” would fairly well describe the Lawrence holiday season.
At least, that’s what the latest retail sales numbers from the Kansas Department of Revenue suggest.
The latest sales tax report from the state — which generally includes the big holiday shopping season of ...
