The summer season is sometimes dreaming season at the state’s universities, and KU has added the idea of a multimillion-dollar center to spur the production of energy in Kansas to its wish list.
A request for $10 million in state funding to help create the Kansas Center for Energy Production on KU’s Lawrence campus is among more than 20 ideas that potentially could be submitted to the Kansas Legislature ...
As questions have arisen about whether the Bert Nash Center can meet future payrolls, a new report confirms the mental health organization indeed had minuscule cash on hand this spring.
At the end of April, the nonprofit Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center had just enough cash on hand to cover 2.5 days worth of expenses, the organization disclosed in a financial report obtained by the Journal-World. That ...
A pair of graduate degrees — a doctorate in film and a master’s in religious studies — are on the verge of being eliminated at KU, while multiple liberal arts degrees are set to get increased scrutiny.
University of Kansas leaders will propose to the Kansas Board of Regents this week that KU begin the process of eliminating its PhD in Film & Media Studies and its masters degree in Religious Studies. ...
Lawrence City Hall budget-makers will take any good news they can these days. The city has about a $6.6 million budget hole to fill for its 2026 budget, and it already has implemented buyout plans for 20 employees, with more perhaps to come.
As the budget process gets ready to swing into high gear next month, the city got a little bit of good news in the form of recent sales tax collections, which are the ...
If you are still finding your way around the world of golf (don’t go more than chest-deep into the pond, lest it impact your backswing,) you may not know that there are a couple of different types of driving ranges.
There’s the traditional driving range where you put a ball on a tee, hit the ball, watch the ball, curse, and then repeat. But there’s also the high-tech driving range full of cameras, ...
Lawrence is in the business of giving young people a start — the biggest event of the year, after all, is named “commencement.”
Starter homes, though, not so much.
In fact, it is difficult to find a city that is worse at it, a new report suggests. The trade journal Construction Coverage found that just 18% of Lawrence residents under the age of 35 own a home in Lawrence. Only seven metro areas in the ...
