Lawrence residents, get your welcome mat out for Johnson County. In one key way, JoCo may soon be at Lawrence’s doorstep.
As state legislators redraw House and Senate districts across Kansas, a map created by Republicans has a new Johnson County House district extending all the way to the Lawrence city limits.
As you may already know, it is redistricting season at the Kansas Statehouse. Every 10 years, ...
University of Kansas leaders plan to avoid budget cuts for the 2023 fiscal year that begins in July, and they are confident they’ll find a way to fund 5% pay raises, they said Tuesday.
But KU’s chief financial officer also said that the 2023 reprieve is a gamble that could lead to tens of millions of dollars in shortfalls if KU doesn’t become more efficient and start growing enrollment and other programs ...
The University of Kansas’ long vaunted Chicago connection — a virtual pipeline of students from the Chicago area who attend KU — may soon get a shock.
And it may come from a fellow state university that is proposing to charge in-state tuition rates to all residents of the Chicago area.
Wichita State University is seeking approval for a plan to start charging residents of the Chicago area in-state ...
A random student at a recent University of Kansas job fair unwittingly said a lot about the future of KU and its Lawrence campus.
The student was inquiring about an internship when she was asked what level she was at in her education at KU. By years, she said, she is a sophomore. By credit hours, she is a senior.
This journalism student could compress her entire college career — and thus her time in ...
Most of the things that grew during the pandemic in Lawrence didn’t produce much excitement. Frustration, restaurant closings and a greater self-awareness of the importance of breath mints (thank you, masks) were near the top of my list.
But there is a new report out that suggests Lawrence saw growth in one area that could be very exciting — technology workers.
A new study by the Brookings Institution ...
Plans have been filed for a $7 million building on the eastern edge of Lawrence, with a likelihood that portions of the new building will house an outpatient substance abuse treatment center.
DCCCA, one of the largest nonprofit agencies in Lawrence, has filed plans at City Hall to construct an approximately 17,000-square foot building just east of 23rd and Harper streets in eastern Lawrence.
The property at ...
