The University of Kansas hopes to raise at least $150 million from donors to fund its football stadium renovation and gateway project near 11th and Mississippi streets.
“We believe to take full advantage of what could be out there, we need to raise $150 million at a minimum,” KU Chancellor Douglas Girod said in a brief interview with the Journal-World on Wednesday.
KU officials last month filed paperwork ...
The granddaddy of economic statistics for counties across America is out for last year, and it shows Douglas County’s economy was slightly above average. The numbers also show Lawrence could use a lot more years like it, as Douglas County still hasn’t made up from all its losses during the pandemic.
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis this week released its gross domestic product estimates for every ...
Lawrence officials don’t have plans to close or clean an unsanctioned East Lawrence homeless camp despite concerns that it is growing and is producing large amounts of trash near the Kansas River.
A spokesman said City Hall leaders don’t yet believe they can feasibly shut down the camp because they don’t believe there are enough alternative shelter locations available in the city.
“We believe that ...
The city of Lawrence is no longer allowing new residents in its sanctioned camp for the homeless, but now there is concern that an unsanctioned camp along the railroad tracks in East Lawrence is growing.
At the unofficial camp behind the Amtrak depot near Seventh and New Jersey streets, there are now tents for the homeless about 25 paces from the active Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad line. A business ...
Many starting wages at the new $4 billion Panasonic battery plant in nearby De Soto will be in the $20 to $25 an hour range, a Lawrence consultant working with the company said.
That’s good information for potential job seekers to have, but also valuable information for area companies as well, Rob Richardson, the Panasonic opportunities manager for the Lawrence chamber, told a crowd on Tuesday. Many area ...
For a few hours on Tuesday, it looked like a plan by Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center to build supportive housing for the homeless atop a downtown grocery store had reemerged.
And it looked like the idea was as controversial as ever among some downtown business owners and stakeholders.
The downtown project, though, has not reemerged. Rather, an editing error by the city gave the impression that it ...
