All KU students who need health insurance through the university’s system are likely to pay more next year, but some students are set to see a nearly 30% hike in their rates.
The Kansas Board of Regents at its Wednesday meeting is being asked to approve new insurance rates for students and to endorse the concept that some students should see much larger increases than others.
The board’s Student ...
A nonprofit that provides full-ride scholarships to golf caddies hopes to swing a deal to buy a University of Kansas building along Jayhawk Boulevard to convert into a residence hall.
KU and KU Endowment leaders are beginning the process to sell the Wesley Building, 1314 Jayhawk Boulevard, to the Evans Scholars Foundation, which plans to house scholarship recipients in the old building that essentially is ...
The thrills are multiplying — and maybe the reindeer too.
After starting Snow Globe, an over-the-top, Christmas-themed pop-up bar and restaurant in downtown Lawrence last year, local entrepreneur Ryan Robinson is on the way to expanding the idea across the Midwest.
Snow Globe opened again in Lawrence earlier this month, although this year it is located at Dempsey’s, the bar and hamburger restaurant at ...
Story updated at 4 p.m. Tuesday:
The University of Kansas is pausing its employee vaccine mandate process, effective immediately, after a federal judge in Georgia issued an injunction halting implementation of the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal government contractors and subcontractors.
KU employees do not need to take any further action related to the mandate at this time, Chancellor Douglas ...
Unless you are browsing through my wardrobe, it usually is difficult to travel back in time. But a new set of federal jobs numbers will give you a chance. For example, they show those of us in Douglas County are living a bit like it was 2012.
That’s because the number of jobs that exist in Douglas County is only slightly higher than the number that existed in 2012, according to numbers released this past ...
As the year draws to a close, we are getting a better sense of how much bounce this bounce-back year has had in Lawrence. The answer: Slightly less than average.
The city of Lawrence recently received its November sales tax check from the state, meaning it now has 11 of the 12 checks for the year in the books and in the bank. The November sales tax report mainly represents sales made in September, due to ...
