A majority of Douglas County commissioners this past week said the county should create a policy to guide it as it accumulates tens of millions of dollars in its savings and rainy day funds.
Commissioners Shannon Portillo and Patrick Kelly both said they thought the county ought to formally craft a policy that would set guidelines for how much money the county can accumulate in such emergency accounts, how it ...
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Development plans are in the works that could make the Lawrence Regional Airport a national destination for jets and other aircraft that need significant maintenance work.
Lawrence businessman Doug Compton has confirmed to me that he has plans to build an 80,000-square-foot aircraft hangar on the grounds of the city-owned airport. The hangar would house a new partnership ...
There are new signs that KU is getting more serious about developing West Campus into a research and business park surrounded by homes and shops. These latest signs read: No Parking.
The University of Kansas has closed its Park and Ride facility located on West Campus in order to prepare for possible construction related to the growing idea of KU Innovation Park. KU will continue to offer motorists a chance to ...
A Denver-based hospitality company has bought Lawrence’s The Oread, and will rebrand the hotel on the edge of the University of Kansas campus as a Hilton hotel.
Mission Hill Hospitality announced Monday that it has completed a deal to purchase The Oread, and will change the name of the property to the Oread Hotel, Tapestry Collection by Hilton.
“This acquisition presented a unique opportunity to expand ...
The University of Kansas is expecting its largest freshman class in at least a decade, KU Chancellor Douglas Girod told the Journal-World.
KU started fall classes on Monday, and will have official enrollment totals by mid-September. Girod expects the freshman totals to be strong, but he stopped short of saying overall enrollment at KU’s Lawrence campus would increase. KU’s Lawrence campus enrollment ...
It would still be several weeks before a game of southern California musical chairs would set the college football world on edge. In other words, USC and UCLA had not yet surprised the sports world by bolting to the Big Ten Conference and leaving their longtime Pac-12 home in disarray.
Nonetheless, as Dale Seuferling sat in his office at KU Endowment and answered questions about his pending retirement as ...
