Lawrence recently has gotten some love from Forbes, the national business magazine. Lawrence landed on the publication’s 2022 list for the best places in the U.S. to retire. Not only did it show up on the online list, but it was highlighted in Forbes’ print magazine, which still has a circulation of about 5 million readers.
A recent issue has a picture of downtown Lawrence under a headline of “Kickin’ ...
Universities in Kansas will have $19 million more to spend on scholarships for students in financial need next school year, and public universities will get a greater share of it than they have previously.
The $19 million increase means there will be more than double the amount of state financial aid available to students than historically has been the case. In past years, the state has provided $15 million to ...
It is not an exaggeration to say that University of Kansas leaders have 35 million things to think about this summer.
And, for the first time in a long time, those things are dollars.
The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday acknowledged that KU has qualified for at least $35 million in one-time money — and perhaps tens of millions more — in federal stimulus dollars related to the pandemic recovery. ...
Updated 9:12 a.m. June 15, 2022
Maybe you already think downtown Lawrence has a wild side to it, but it appears it soon will have a much more visible one — complete with its own awning, sign and a not-so-subtle love of cannabis. Plans have been filed at Lawrence City Hall to convert a Massachusetts Street storefront into a Wild Side Smoke Shop.
Plans call for the business to locate at 738 Massachusetts St., ...
The University of Kansas plans to demolish about 250,000 square feet of buildings — including one near the entrance of Jayhawk Boulevard — in the next three years, new state documents show.
KU has begun the process of winning approval from the Kansas Board of Regents to tear down Smith Hall — the 1967 building that houses KU’s Religious Studies Department — along Jayhawk Boulevard, across from the ...
I’m always on the lookout for a summer Blizzard in Lawrence. No, not the snowstorms. The frozen treat from Dairy Queen. (There is a lot less shovel work, unless you get the extra, extra large.) Now, I have half as many locations to find one. A labor shortage has temporarily shut down one of the city’s two Dairy Queens.
The Dairy Queen at 1835 Massachusetts St. recently closed, and its owner/operator told ...
