KU will remain under the supervision of the Kansas Board of Regents after a Kansas House committee on Thursday significantly changed a bill that was designed to help universities move at the “speed of innovation.”
The House Committee on Higher Education Budget approved HB 2798, which puts the bill on track to be voted on by the full House and then move to the Kansas Senate for consideration in the coming ...
The wild world of college athletics — think $20 million per year in revenue sharing with student-athletes — has leaders at Kansas State and Wichita State going to their universities' checkbooks for help.
The top finance officers at K-State and Wichita State this week told a committee of the Kansas Board of Regents that they plan to transfer several million dollars out of their universities’ general funds ...
The Kansas Board of Regents — the organization that oversees the leaders who hand out grades to thousands of the state’s college students — had the tables turned on it at Wednesday’s meeting.
Lt. Gov. David Toland, who also is Kansas’ secretary of commerce, came to Wednesday’s meeting and handed out grades on how the state’s major universities are doing in helping attract new businesses and serve ...
Skee-Ball and schooners definitely could be a new combination on Lawrence’s entertainment scene. A longtime pool hall soon will re-open as a “pubcade” that has about 40 video games, pin ball machines, and even more traditional classics like Skee-Ball, foosball and air hockey.
Importantly, to some, they all will be just steps away from a full-service bar.
“I didn’t just want to do a regular bar,” ...
A late-arriving bill in the Kansas Legislature has a power struggle brewing between the Kansas Board of Regents and the University of Kansas, among others.
A bill introduced Wednesday morning would strip the Kansas Board of Regents of several key oversight powers related to KU, Kansas State and Wichita State University. By Wednesday afternoon, the Regents had unanimously voted to oppose the bill as it works ...
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 ...
