In the battle between Lawrence homebuyers and Lawrence homes, the homes won in 2021. The number of homes sold in Lawrence declined by about 4% compared to a year ago, as home prices soared to new highs and competition for the few homes on the market stiffened. There were 1,290 home sales in Lawrence during 2021, according to the year-end report from the Lawrence Board of Realtors. That was a drop of 3.7% ...
In what has become nearly an annual affair at the University of Kansas, members of the University Senate quizzed KU’s athletic director on whether the athletic program can provide more money to support general university operations. At Thursday’s University Senate meeting, the answer again was that’s not likely to happen soon, but new athletic director Travis Goff did have a new explanation on why — ...
Last year’s arctic blast sure didn’t seem to discriminate between Lawrence and Kansas City. I think there were freezing pipes, dangerous wind chills, and people dreaming of trading their polar bear parkas for tropical beachwear in both locations. But the aftereffects of that historic storm sure are discriminating between the two cities, at least in one instance. Evergy, the state’s largest electric ...
Rock Chalk, let’s shop. Who knows, it might be a new take on the University of Kansas’ famous chant as the university and KU Endowment continue to put together plans to build not just new research space on KU’s West Campus, but also significant amounts of new retail space too. A pair of KU leaders on Tuesday released a few more details about how they envision a new KU-led retail and residential ...
Natural gas customers of Black Hills Energy — including large numbers of homes and businesses in Lawrence — now have official word that they will be paying for last February’s arctic blast until 2027. Kansas regulators on Thursday approved a plan that is expected to add $11.47 per month to the bills of average residential customers through January of 2027. The surcharge is designed to recoup the costs ...