It was a bad month at a bad time for Lawrence sales tax collections. Sales tax collections in Lawrence were down 5.3% from a year ago, according to the August report recently released by the state. That decline was significantly higher than the statewide average, which checked in at a decline of 2.1% for the August reporting period. But the more troubling number is Lawrence’s year-to-date sales tax ...
We’ve reported several times how the proposed 3.6 mill property tax rate increase at Lawrence City Hall would be the largest for the city in at least 50 years. But if you are into history — or counting dollars — there is another part of that story you should know too. It is happening just a few blocks south of City Hall at the Douglas County Courthouse. The County Commission is proposing a big tax rate ...
From a chatbot to an angel investor, the University of Kansas has won a $500,000 state grant to kickstart some outside-the-box programs aimed at spurring the creation of new businesses. The Kansas Department of Commerce has awarded a FORGE grant to the university that is intended to “bridge the gap between academia and industry,” the university announced on Friday. Think of that bridge building in a ...
On many a basketball game day in Lawrence, the building at the southwest corner of 19th Street and Naismith Drive has been recognized as a great parking spot for busy Allen Fieldhouse, just a couple of blocks away. But it is not always recognized for what it is — the Islamic Center of Lawrence. After all, the building is a fairly standard red brick structure that doesn’t have many hints of an Islamic ...
Story updated at 5:12 p.m. Aug. 21: The University of Kansas has won a $26 million federal grant — one of its largest in history — to help develop new technologies that will make everything from air conditioners to refrigerators more environmentally friendly. The National Science Foundation has awarded KU $26 million to develop an Environmentally Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub. The cutting edge ...
Summer doesn’t end with a bang in Lawrence — but, maybe, a honk or two. You know summer is over when the long line of vehicles — pillows crammed against the back window, a lamp dangling out the passenger door and a bundle of nerves and tears emanating from the cab — begin to accumulate around University of Kansas dormitories. Those days are now upon us. Thursday and Friday are the big move-in days ...