Leaders of the University of Kansas are seeking a 5% increase in tuition rates for the next school year.
And they are not alone, as every Regents university in the state is proposing a similar increase after the Kansas Legislature approved a budget that did not provide as much money for employee raises and inflation as once expected.
The Kansas Board of Regents — which oversees KU, K-State, Emporia State, ...
It appears my bloodstream soon will get a boost from dips of Braum’s ice cream, and a northwest Lawrence retail development will get a boost from the Oklahoma-based hamburger and dessert chain as well.
Yes, plans are underway for a Braum’s restaurant to locate in Lawrence. According to plans filed at City Hall, the chain will locate in the large, mostly vacant retail-zoned area that is just south of Rock ...
As signs of sports betting rings involving student-athletes or coaches emerge at universities in Alabama and Iowa, a top gambling regulator in Kansas said he’s not aware of any such investigations taking place here.
That doesn’t mean the worry hasn’t arrived yet.
Randy Evans, governmental relations manager for the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission, said a worrisome environment is emerging as expanded ...
Story updated at 4:06 p.m. Thursday, May 11:
The University of Kansas Law School has landed a top-50 ranking from U.S. News & World Report for the first time in the school’s history.
The KU school was ranked No. 40 among all law schools and was ranked No. 18 among law schools at public universities.
The latest ranking is a jump of 27 spots among all schools and 18 spots among public schools compared ...
For more than a decade, the intersection of the South Lawrence Trafficway and U.S. Highway 59 has been circled by developers as a prime location for big-box stores and commercial development.
Times have changed.
If a Wichita developer has his way, the first thing he’ll get to build at the prominent intersection is more than 100 new single-family homes.
Both city planners and the public are getting their ...
Berry Global, the plastics manufacturer that employs hundreds in Lawrence, is closing at least 15 of its manufacturing plants, but hasn’t yet announced which plants are on the chopping block.
Indiana-based Berry disclosed the future plant closings as part of its second-quarter earnings call on Friday. Berry operates two locations in Lawrence and Douglas County that employ about 900 people.
The company ...
