As a Lawrence resident, you certainly are entitled to tout your metropolitan credentials at any party you attend. (Of course, fellow partygoers also may lock you in the coat closet.) But Lawrence and Douglas County are part of a group of approximately 400 locations in America that are designated metropolitan areas. That soon may change, though, and it is creating concerns ranging from dollars to data. ...
Soon, incoming freshmen at the University of Kansas won’t have to take a standardized test — like the ACT or SAT — to get admitted to the university.
But those students who do decide to take a test now will have a path to get into KU with a high school grade point average as low as 2.0.
The Kansas Board of Regents approved both changes to KU’s freshman admission policies at a meeting earlier this ...
Of course you can do banking remotely these days. (I’ll admit there was an unfortunate incident with a Sharpie and my iPhone when I tried to electronically endorse a check.) For those reasons and others, there are still plenty of people who want to go to a brick-and-mortar banking location. One credit union in particular is betting that is still the case in Lawrence.
Envista Credit Union has reached a deal ...
At least 11,000 Douglas County residents will become newly eligible for COVID-19 vaccines next week, and LMH Health is working to open a clinic that would provide 2,000 new shots per week for local residents.
Brian Bradfield, associate vice president for ancillary services at LMH, told hospital board members Wednesday morning that Douglas County residents who are in the state’s Phase 3 and Phase 4 categories ...
At first glance, it looks like Kansas’ job market has largely rebounded from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest numbers from the state’s labor department. But there are dark corners in the state where that’s not true, and you’ll find Lawrence in one of those corners.
The positive headline number for the state is that the unemployment rate was down to 3.5% in January, according to a recently ...
If you have ever stood behind me in line at a Mexican restaurant, you know there is a word I love to use with all Mexican food: grande. It makes everything better, and now fans of a local taco stand and Mexican grocery store will get to see how. The Lawrence tienda La Estrella has reached a deal to get much bigger in a new location.
There are actually two pieces of news to pass along about La Estrella. The ...
