A top Kansas academic administrator and former president of a private, Catholic university has been chosen as the next chief executive of the Kansas Board of Regents, which oversees KU and the state’s other public higher education institutions.
The Regents on Tuesday voted to name Jennifer Bonds-Raacke the next president and CEO of the Regents system. Bonds-Raacke currently serves as a senior staff member in ...
The issue of when elected officials are expected to explain why they voted the way they did doesn’t come up often as a campaign issue.
But the question emerged this week on the campaign trail for the Douglas County Commission. Sitting County Commissioner Patrick Kelly — who is seeking re-election in District No. 1 — sparked the issue after declining to answer a series of questions about why he voted the ...
While serving on the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission, Chelsi Hayden raised concerns with a City Hall attorney that the commission was frequently violating the Kansas Open Meetings Act as it developed controversial wind farm regulations.
After raising those concerns, Hayden was denied reappointment to the Planning Commission despite having risen to the rank of the commission’s chair, and being ...
A massive annexation request touted as the first step to adding more than 1,000 single family homes west of the South Lawrence Trafficway has changed.
It is less massive and less about single family housing — at least temporarily.
We’ve been reporting for months that a group led by a Wichita businessman is pursuing the annexation of 650 acres west of the SLT in an area that generally is north and west of ...
Lawrence home builders haven’t yet found their “limbo moment.” After setting a new record low for single family housing starts last year, builders in 2026 haven’t yet found the answer to “how low can you go,” according to the latest set of statistics.
With half a year in the books, Lawrence home builders have taken out 15 single family building permits thus far in 2026. That’s down from 19 single ...
The Crossing — KU’s West Campus development near the northwest corner of Clinton Parkway and Iowa Street — long has been envisioned to be a “live, work, play” district that elevates KU’s standing in the region.
Well, the work part is solidly in place. The West Campus area is buzzing with hundreds of employees each day, ranging from start-up companies at KU-affiliated incubator buildings to ...
