UPDATED 9:35 P.M. March 2
In the wake of stalled labor negotiations, faculty and staff leaders at the University of Kansas are asking employees to consider a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Douglas Girod and the university’s chief financial officer.
In a joint email this week, the KU Faculty Senate President Misty Heggeness and KU University Senate President Poppy DeltaDawn are asking all employees to ...
Among the misnomers of Jan. 6 is that there was a “fight” between police and members of the crowd who were intent on breaching the U.S. Capitol that day. Yes, there was violence, but it would be inaccurate to call the day’s frontline activity a fight.
So says a police officer who was in the thick of it, and on Sunday also was in Lawrence to not only retell the events of Jan. 6, but urge a crowd of about ...
As Costco gets ready to build a major gas station as part of its development in northwest Lawrence, Walmart has filed plans to build a gas station of its own in southeast Lawrence.
Walmart has filed plans with Lawrence City Hall to build a convenience store and fueling station in a portion of the parking lot that serves the Walmart store on south Iowa Street.
The plans show the convenience store and fueling ...
University of Kansas leaders Thursday firmly rejected a set of employee raises proposed by KU’s faculty union, bringing the two sides ever closer to a formal impasse that could lead to a forced settlement in the labor dispute.
A lead attorney for KU’s negotiating team formally rejected all of the pay plans proposed by the faculty’s union, United Academics of KU. In a Thursday letter to the union, KU ...
The University of Kansas set a new record for research dollars last year, and the latest comprehensive figures show KU is close to becoming one of the 60 most active research universities in the U.S..
KU — both on the Lawrence campus and its Kansas City medical center — received and spent $610 million in research funding during the last fiscal year, which topped last year’s record-setting total by ...
Gen X’ers stretch those index fingers, and try to remember your middle initial. Yes, an honest-to-goodness, video game arcade from your youth is slated to open in downtown Lawrence.
The same operators who have opened an indoor mini-golf business and an ax-throwing venue at 722 Massachusetts Street now plan to open a video game arcade in the basement of the large building.
“We intend to have 50 to 60 ...
