Grass in my neighborhood can be a two-way frustration. At one point in the season, my neighbors wonder whether I will ever grow it. At another point, they wonder if I will ever cut it. (You just can’t please some neighbors.) But a pair of north-side businesses that can help on both ends are opening, as North Lawrence makes a bid to become the grass capital of Lawrence.
Both Heinen Outdoor Power Equipment and ...
A tuition increase for University of Kansas students next year may be in the cards after all.
The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday acknowledged that Gov. Laura Kelly’s recommended budget for higher education — which included a historic increase for the state’s universities — may not get fully funded by the Kansas Legislature.
Part of Kelly’s recommended budget called for a tuition freeze next ...
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 ...