This Q&A appeared in the Jan. 20, 2021, edition of the Journal-World's Crave food supplement. More from that section, including interviews with the people behind several Lawrence restaurants, can be found here. For Bailey Wilson, one of the most rewarding parts of her job as a server at 23rd Street Brewery in recent months has been welcoming back her regular customers after long absences due to the ...
This Q&A appeared in the Jan. 20, 2021, edition of the Journal-World's Crave food supplement. More from that section, including interviews with the people behind several Lawrence restaurants, can be found here. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Zen Zero owner Subarna Bhattachan said his restaurant did a decent amount of carry-out orders, but now they make up the majority of his business. That's why he says ...
Updated at 9:28 a.m. Thursday State university CEOs will soon be able to suspend, dismiss or terminate employees — including tenured faculty members — due to a temporary policy approved by the Kansas Board of Regents in light of the financial crisis many universities face. The policy states that CEOs must create frameworks for decision-making prior to suspending, dismissing or terminating employees under ...
The newly developed well-being branch of Douglas County’s pandemic response team has launched its first project: a hashtag campaign meant to help residents stay positive. Margaret Weisbrod Morris, chief executive officer of the Lawrence Arts Center, is one of the leaders of the well-being branch. She said it was established to pay more heed to the community’s mental health, “because it’s been such a ...
Phase 2 of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment's five-phase COVID-19 vaccination plan is expected to begin later this month or in February, and more details have been released about who will be eligible to receive a shot in this phase. As the Journal-World has reported, Phase 1, which began in mid-December, includes health care workers, residents in long-term care facilities and workers critical to ...
A national nonprofit dedicated to protecting free speech has filed a complaint against Haskell Indian Nations University to the United States Department of Education. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) argues in its letter to the Department of Education that Haskell's recent actions against student journalist Jared Nally were a violation of the First Amendment and requests that the ...