Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly — a Democrat in an otherwise largely Republican state — stopped short of endorsing President Joe Biden’s order that businesses with more than 100 employees require vaccinations or frequent testing of those who refuse to get the vaccine.
While in Lawrence on Tuesday morning for an economic development announcement, Kelly said she needed to hear more details about how the ...
There are plenty of shoes on the market made for walking, but that doesn’t mean they walk themselves. Ryan Schwisow, owner and manager of Brown’s Shoe Fit in downtown Lawrence, can tell you that.
You may have seen him walking large carts of shoes up and down Massachusetts Street recently, but that is not a new exercise trend; nor, more importantly, is it a sign of trouble for Brown’s, which is one of the ...
It won’t be your standard air show — no Blue Angels, for instance — but fans of airplanes may still find a slice of heaven in an event coming up later this month at Lawrence’s airport.
Owners of about 40 aircraft from across the state will be flying into the city’s airport in North Lawrence on Sept. 23 as part of the Fly Kansas Air Tour, which is run by the state of Kansas and the Kansas Commission ...
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 ...
