Updated at 1:50 p.m. Tuesday, March 25
The University of Kansas is clamping down on its hiring process as it faces possible reductions in federal funding, Chancellor Douglas Girod said Tuesday.
KU will require all new hiring decisions to go through an additional review process by KU’s “University Cabinet,” which includes the chancellor, the provost, the chief financial officer and other top executives ...
Some news and notes from around town:
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The only thing standing between me and a fresh-baked treat is a city permit. No, both I and a city clerk somewhere are thankful there’s no such thing as a pastry permit. Instead, a new bakery is planned for west Lawrence, but its proposed home first needs to win a city permit for a drive-thru.
Plans have been filed to convert the former Henry T’s building ...
Turnovers are creating all types of heartburn in Lawrence — some on the basketball court and some in the real estate market.
There’s probably no need for a reminder about the problems turnovers caused on the basketball court. (It is unclear whether the T.V. still works at my house, nor whether it needs to.) On the court, too many turnovers were the problem for an entire season.
In the Lawrence home ...
A plan has been filed for the southern end of downtown Lawrence to receive a batch of affordable apartments for seniors, but the price of the project might include less public parking for all.
An Omaha-based development group has filed a plan to build a four-story apartment building on the city-owned parking lot at 1020 Vermont St. The project is part of the city’s initiative to explore ways to redevelop ...
Coffee has defeated sleep along a small portion of Lawrence’s south Iowa Street.
The Arkansas-based chain 7 Brew Coffee has filed plans to build a new drive-thru coffee location at the site of a now defunct mattress store at 3231 Iowa St., which is next door to McDonalds and in front of Lawrence’s Target store.
The development filing warms up plans for 7 Brew to enter the Lawrence market after it ...
There are new signs that a large affordable housing apartment complex will develop in the heart of south Lawrence’s big box retail district.
A site plan has been filed for an approximately 500-bedroom apartment complex at the southeast corner of 31st and Michigan streets, which is basically across the street from the Menards home improvement store.
If some of this sounds familiar, we reported in June that ...
