News and notes from around town:
It is not quite yet Whataburger, but it is Whatasmell.
Residents who have been going to the Douglas County Elections Office near 23rd and Louisiana streets for advance voting have been picking up an unmistakable scent from the office’s neighbor — the smell of frying hamburgers.
It indeed is coming from the not-yet-opened Whataburger restaurant at 707 W. 23rd St. ...
In the 1992 presidential campaign, Bill Clinton’s chief strategist coined a phrase that’s been used to describe the driving issue of American politics for years since: “It’s the economy, stupid.”
While the economy is still a top-of-mind issue, it might be time to change the phrase. Now, it’s the anger, and if “stupid” is the meanest thing you’ve been called, it’s been a pretty tame day.
A ...
Popular Kansas City barbecue restaurant Q39 is still on track to open in downtown Lawrence, a representative of the project has told me.
A bigger project that would develop next door in the former printing plant of the Journal-World, however, is now less certain to happen.
First, let’s deal with Q39 because people have been more nervous than the last guy in line at an all-you-can-eat buffet about whether ...
Some news and notes from around town:
— For the second week in a row, there’s news of a merger in the credit union industry. This time, credit unions from Kansas and Colorado are seeking to join forces.
Meritrust Credit Union, which has a branch in west Lawrence, has proposed to merge with Colorado-based Premier Members Credit Union.
The merger would bring together two fairly large credit unions. ...
One of the nation’s leading free speech groups says the University of Kansas doesn’t have a legal right to discipline an instructor who made classroom statements about shooting men who would never vote for a woman president.
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression — FIRE — sent a letter late Friday to KU Chancellor Douglas Girod asking the university to rescind any discipline of Phillip ...
Neither candidate in the race for Kansas Senate District No. 2 will need directions to the Statehouse.
Both have served there, although on different sides of the aisle and in different decades.
Democrat Marci Francisco and Republican David Miller are vying for the seat in Senate District 2, which covers nearly all of Lawrence, except for portions of far west Lawrence and portions of northwest Lawrence. ...
