Valentine’s Day in 2025 was a heartsick day at federal agencies across the country as job cuts and hiring freezes began to take hold following an executive order by President Donald Trump.
Parts of the order were blocked by federal courts, and national headlines have faded on the topic of federal workforce reductions. On the campus of Lawrence’s Haskell Indian Nations University, though, the hiring freeze ...
When the Kansas Legislature convenes next week, the topics largely will fall into one of two big buckets — money or people.
A Lawrence chamber of commerce crowd of more than a hundred heard from Douglas County’s longest-serving legislator that she continues to worry that the people issues are losing out too often in Topeka.
“We have an obligation to take care of our brothers and sisters, and we can’t ...
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Small engines don’t always confine themselves to creating small problems, and sometimes they need something more than a small space to fix them. Those two facts have a North Lawrence business looking to double the size of its space.
Heinen Outdoor Power Equipment, 1795 E 1500 Road, has filed plans with the county to build a 5,700-square-foot addition onto its existing ...
There used to be a time before the 2008 recession where Lawrence would build 360 new single family homes a year. Now, the city is back to a point where that number is again accurate — if you drop the 0.
Lawrence builders started just 36 new single family homes in 2025, according to City of Lawrence building permit data. That is a new low for Lawrence, but setting a new low-water mark has become nearly ...
As the state has imposed new restrictions on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at universities, some supporters of DEI efforts perhaps have wondered whether the state is really in a position to enforce such bans.
On Tuesday, such wonderers got their strongest sign yet that state leaders are prepared to keep a pretty close eye on DEI. A key state council that oversees finances for universities and ...
Motorists traveling through the Kansas River valley east of Lawrence on Tuesday morning were greeted with sunshine and a layer of ground fog hanging just above the harvested fields. The forecast from the Topeka office of the National Weather Service calls for unseasonably warm temperatures over the next few days. Wednesday is expected to produce sunny skies, light winds and a high of 63 degrees. Rain is highly ...
