University students who rely on health insurance through a program run by the Kansas Board of Regents should prepare for about a 6.5% to 8.5% price increase, while some also will see a decline in benefits. The Kansas Board of Regents will be asked Wednesday to approve new rates for an insurance program that is offered to students at the University of Kansas and other public universities in the state. The new ...
When we reported earlier this month that Lawrence single-family home construction in 2022 fell to its lowest level in more than 60 years, I suspect there were some people who said, “So what?” After all, not everybody wants Lawrence to become a bigger place. "More people, more problems" is the attitude among some. Still, I thought the fact that Lawrence built only 79 single-family homes in 2022 was ...
The winning word was "porcelain" — as in the white ceramic — but the winner of the 2023 Douglas County Spelling Bee had a definite blue-blood tint to her. Maci Perrins, a 10-year old fourth grader from Lawrence’s Langston Hughes Elementary, became the third child of Erik and Kristi Perrins to win the Douglas County bee. In late March, she’ll compete for a state title and try to follow in the footsteps ...
UPDATED: 11:50 A.M. FEB. 10, 2023 Lawrence parking lots are becoming more exciting and confusing. Are my fellow motorists honking and enthusiastically gesturing that I’m No. 1 because of my great driving skills, or is that just the double espresso talking? Yes, drive-thru coffee shops are becoming Lawrence’s latest trend, and I have word of a new chain coming to a south Iowa parking lot. Seven Brew Drive ...
For me, Christmas in August often means a court order compelling me to take down my holiday lights. But for a new business on Lawrence’s 23rd Street, it means a classroom full of people who are eager to start on their list of Christmas cards. Of course, these aren’t ordinary people. They’re crafters, and they don’t just send Christmas cards. They make them too. There are a couple of truisms involved ...
The city of Lawrence is looking to hire more people to work at a city-operated campsite for the homeless so that the North Lawrence camp can have 24-hour-per-day, seven-day-per-week staffing. City Manager Craig Owens told commissioners at their meeting Tuesday evening that finding staffing has been a challenge, but that the city was bettering its salary offers to try to attract individuals with specific ...