Kansas’ higher education system would get about $100 million in new state money under the governor’s recommended budget unveiled Wednesday, funding everything from a tuition freeze to wage increases at the University of Kansas and other universities.
“We think it is a great day for higher education,” Cheryl Harrison-Lee, chair of the Kansas Board of Regents, told the Journal-World.
Well, preliminarily ...
Updated at 11:13 a.m. Friday
The University of Kansas’ chancellor is warning fans that KU may limit attendance at basketball games at Allen Fieldhouse if fans don’t start doing a better job of wearing masks.
Chancellor Douglas Girod on Friday sent a message to the campus community reiterating that Douglas County’s new mask mandate does include Allen Fieldhouse. The fieldhouse previously had been under a ...
Debates on everything from medical marijuana to legalized sports betting to an old-fashioned fight on income tax rates are expected in Kansas’ upcoming legislative session, but local lawmakers said Friday that predicting their outcomes was difficult.
The local legislative delegation, though, was more confident on one issue: removing the state sales tax on groceries. Several legislators said they expected ...
If you have been a boater long enough, you’ve probably heard that the word “boat” actually is an acronym: Break Out Another Thousand. There are lots of things to go wrong on a boat that are expensive to fix and that usually happen at the wrong time.
But, when it goes right, a day on the water can be tough to beat. A new set of owners at the Clinton Lake Marina are starting a new business venture that ...
University of Kansas leaders are alleging that “exceedingly dangerous” levels of “forced alcohol consumption” are among the hazing practices of a recently suspended fraternity, but thus far KU won’t release details about those incidents.
The Journal-World specifically is seeking more information about an incident connected to the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, where seemingly an individual had his head ...
Even a really talented horse trader might have a hard time swinging a deal for a new house in Lawrence, given the tight supply of new homes in the city. Perhaps a new housing development built on a former horse ranch will help. Indeed, plans for one in west Lawrence have been filed at City Hall.
A group led by Lawrence businessman Roger Johnson has filed plans to build approximately 80 homes on largely vacant ...
