The two largest universities in Kansas are again ranked as the best value for higher education in Kansas. But the local university is looking up to its land-grant cousin to the west for the fifth year in a row. A study by SmartAsset, a financial technology company, recently ranked K-State as the best bang-for-your-buck university in the state. KU, often regarded as the state's flagship university, was ranked ...
A new ordinance will soon require some bar and restaurant workers in Lawrence to undergo sexual violence intervention training in order for the establishments to keep their local liquor licenses. Despite opposition from several local bar and restaurant owners, the Lawrence City Commission approved the ordinance with a unanimous 4-0 vote on Tuesday. Commissioner Leslie Soden was absent from the meeting. The ...
The Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday voted to publish a 2020 budget with a 0.5 mill property tax increase, but commissioners said they were still planning to make cuts later to hold the mill levy flat. During a work session last week, the commission agreed to make hundreds of thousands of dollars in cuts to the proposed budget to keep property taxes from rising. Those cuts include a $144,000 decrease in the ...
The Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday will consider allocating funding to continue design progress on the Lawrence Loop, a planned trail system that will someday encircle Lawrence. The commission will consider increasing spending by $75,000 on conceptual design fees for two new portions of the trail, which would create a trail pathway from Eighth Street to 11th Street adjacent to an abandoned section of ...
Years of searching for and studying microscopic animals has allowed student researchers at Baker University to find a scientific niche for themselves, not to mention a list of discoveries. William Miller, director of research of biology and chemistry at Baker, has for several years led research projects looking into tardigrades in Kansas. Tardigrades, which are referred to as “water bears” because of their ...
The Lawrence City Commission is considering making cuts of hundreds of thousands of dollars to a proposed $236 million budget to make sure its tax rate remains flat next year. But the tradeoffs will include a possible financial squeeze for the city's lone homeless shelter, and less money for the local chamber of commerce to spend on economic development activities. At its regular meeting Tuesday, the ...