If the meeting room of the Kansas Board of Regents on Monday were a classroom, the professor likely would have been inclined to give partial credit.
Regents rather easily identified that higher education has a major problem when it comes to its reputation among the American public. Solutions, though, were much harder to find.
“I’m not sure what the answer is, but I know this: Finding that answer has to ...
I have had lasagna to go many times — if you count what’s left on my shirt as I’m leaving the restaurant. But a new venture in downtown Lawrence is doing true Italian takeout.
Johnny C’s Deli & Pasta is opening at 623 Vermont St. It’s grand opening is Tuesday, and it will feature lasagna, chicken Parmesan, specialty sandwiches like muffaletta and Italian beef, and even classic Italian desserts ...
My thought on identity theft has long been that anyone who steals my identity clearly doesn’t understand what they are getting. Undoubtedly, I should take the threat more seriously because there’s federal data that shows Lawrence not long ago was one of the worst places in America for identity theft.
But there’s also new federal data that shows the situation is improving here.
Both sets of data are ...
You could make a lengthy list of why opening an indoor firing range and gun store in Lawrence — generally the most liberal city in Kansas — might not be a good business idea.
Then, you could make one observation about the world that could cause you to think a firearms business will work just fine in Lawrence nonetheless.
“It is not a conspiracy theory to say that things are kind of crazy in the world ...
No matter which way you slice it, Lawrence is just on the edge of being really expensive, by Kansas standards anyway. By national standards, it is still a relative bargain.
A new report that uses detailed payment data from consumers across the state compares the average monthly living expenses in Lawrence to more than 30 other cities and towns in Kansas. There are two ways to look at the data, and both of them ...
A year ago, Douglas County leaders said the county needed a policy about how large its piles of unused cash — rainy day funds, so to speak — could grow.
Lots of governments have policies that call for them to keep funds equal to three months worth of expenses — and no more — to cover downturns or unexpected events. But as a review by the Journal-World found last year, the county had no such policy, ...
