It is that time of year again where the state’s top housing economists get out the crystal ball to predict what Lawrence’s housing market will be in the coming year. The crystal ball has a succinct prediction for the Lawrence market: It will be slower than most. Single-family home sales in Lawrence in 2025 are forecast to decline, according the Wichita State Center for Real Estate, which shared its ...
Story updated at 4:58 p.m. Oct. 9: A University of Kansas instructor is facing discipline by KU after a video shows him making comments in a classroom about lining up and shooting men because they believe a female isn’t smart enough to be president. The video is of comments made by Phillip Lowcock, a lecturer in the Department of Health, Sport & Exercise Science, KU confirmed on Wednesday. The ...
For much of Wednesday, the identity of a University of Kansas instructor whose video comments about violence and the political process had gone viral was officially unknown. KU officials had not released the identity of the instructor in any of their statements to media outlets around the country. But around 3 p.m., the chair of the Kansas Republican Party sought to change that. The Kansas GOP sent out a press ...
Here in Lawrence and Douglas County, we’ve been waiting on the impact from Panasonic’s new $4 billion, 4,000-job electric vehicle battery plant that is under construction in nearby De Soto. Parts of Lawrence are just a 20-minute drive from the massive plant, and most of Eudora is less than half that distance. But, thus far, neither community has seen much in terms of direct impact from Panasonic. Housing ...
When it comes to minigolf in Lawrence, there’s nothing small about interest levels. “If you read any Lawrence Facebook group, about every 30 days there is a question why Lawrence doesn’t have minigolf,” Lawrence entertainment entrepreneur Matt Baysinger told me. But there is a consistent answer for why Lawrence hasn’t had a minigolf course for decades: There is nothing simple about minigolf in ...
There is money moving to Lawrence, a new report finds. I can make a neighborhood suggestion: My wallet. But no, it is moving to bank accounts, and the latest report from the FDIC — the entity that insures bank deposits — shows Lawrence is gaining bank deposits at a greater rate than most. This year’s report — which measured deposits for the year ending June 30 — shows the Lawrence metro area has ...