State regulators on Tuesday expressed concerns about whether billions of dollars in planned energy projects by Evergy would ultimately produce unnecessary increases in electric rates. The Kansas Corporation Commission issued an order requiring Evergy — the state’s largest electric utility — to better explain $10.4 billion worth of future capital expenditures the public utility has planned between now and ...
Maybe you have heard rumblings that the popular downtown bar and music venue The Bottleneck is expanding. I know I certainly have. Well, its owner tells me he’s looking at expansion options but doesn’t currently have any definitive plans to grow. Yet, the mere rumblings of an expansion for The Bottleneck have produced a change that may shake up the downtown bar scene. How’s that? Three words: Revised ...
Many KU employees soon will be expected to take at least an hour’s worth of online training in diversity, equity and inclusion, according to a pair of recent memos from KU leaders. University of Kansas Provost Barbara Bichelmeyer on Friday sent a memo to faculty and staff at the Lawrence and Edwards campuses inviting them to take a one-hour online course titled “Diversity and Inclusion.” Upon further ...
You couldn’t blame the world of scientific researchers if the only thing its members wanted to do was talk about what just happened. After all, they’ve got a pretty good claim that they just produced one of the greatest scientific achievements in all of history. A lightning-quick development of vaccines has saved millions of lives from COVID-19, and it was researchers — including Barney Graham who did ...
Some news and notes from around town: — Plans have been filed for a sportswear retailer to take over the large, vacant space at 23rd and Iowa streets where the Cork & Barrel liquor store previously was located before it moved to 23rd and Ousdahl. Rally House has filed plans with City Hall to occupy the 11,000-square-foot space at 2000 W. 23rd St. So, one type of game-day store is taking the spot of a ...
LMH Health leaders on Wednesday approved a 2022 budget that makes a big bet that the nonprofit hospital has gotten a lot healthier financially in the last couple of years, despite the pandemic. LMH board members approved a budget that calls for the hospital and its affiliated businesses — doctors offices and other such facilities — to have revenues that are about $5 million greater than expenses in 2022. ...