A budget that reduces the local property tax rate and a program to provide about $5 million in employee bonuses over the next two years are both up for approval at Monday’s Lawrence school board meeting.
Board members are expected to approve a 2021-2022 budget that will authorize about $201.4 million in net expenditures for the year, while reducing the school district property tax rate by 0.242 of a mill. ...
KU is expected to get state approval next week to tear down an old dormitory, while Kansas State is expected to win approval for millions in new athletic facilities, despite the uncertainty surrounding the Big 12 Conference.
The Kansas Board of Regents will meet next week to approve several building and facility requests for state universities. Regents are expected to easily approve a request to demolish ...
Story updated at 5:08 p.m. Thursday:
KU’s chancellor and the chair of the Kansas Board of Regents on Thursday both issued statements criticizing a social media post by KU’s student body president that advocated for “death to America.”
But KU Student Body President Niya McAdoo expressed no regrets for her decision last week to retweet a social media message that said “happy friday everybody. death to ...
When University of Kansas student Santiago Patiño heard KU was giving away prizes to students who had been vaccinated, he was thinking fairly small when he uploaded his proof-of-vaccination form to enter the drawing.
“I thought I might as well enter and get a gift card or something,” Patiño said Wednesday.
He’s thinking bigger now after winning a $5,091 cash prize — the equivalent of one semester ...
I’ve frequently had problems gauging how hot something is (which is why you never want to dine across from me when I’m taking my first spoonful of soup). The latest numbers from the Lawrence Board of Realtors indicate the local housing market is still very hot, but there’s also reason to question whether it is beginning to cool.
So, this month I have some local numbers to report but also have statistics ...
The summer did not start with a sizzle in Lawrence. It seems odd to say this now as the weather recently has caused me to contemplate whether I have any ties that would go with my collection of sleeveless T-shirts. But, I am talking about consumer spending, not temperatures.
The latest sales tax numbers are out, and they weren’t particularly good for Lawrence. The Kansas Department of Revenue has released ...
