Lawrence-area Sen. Tom Holland pre-filed a bipartisan bill last week that would make mental health care coverage more accessible. Holland, a Democrat from Baldwin City, co-sponsored the bill with five other senators, including Republican Sen. Molly Baumgardner, of Louisburg. Holland and Baumgardner announced the details of the bill — Senate Bill 249 — Thursday at the Statehouse. It will be known as the ...
Sen. Marci Francisco knows gardening is a lot of work — her front yard is an organized chaos of dozens of fruits and vegetables. But there are some plants that are easy to handle, Francisco explained. Take garlic, for example. “Get some dirt, get some garlic, stick it in the hole, and then come back and see it,” Francisco, 69, said. In early November, Francisco was doing just that. She broke garlic ...
Mabel Rice has taught at the University of Kansas for over 30 years. In that time period, she said concern about KU’s status in the prestigious Association of American Universities has been cyclic. But right now is a time of concern, according to numerous professors at the institution, including Rice. Chancellor Douglas Girod said KU is focused on the issue, and that the university is always concerned about ...
The University of Kansas will honor Martin Baron, executive editor of The Washington Post, for outstanding work in journalism with the William Allen White Foundation National Citation. Baron will accept the award at KU on April 16, William Allen White Day. He will give a speech at 3 p.m. in the Kansas Union ballroom, which will be free and open to the public. Baron became executive editor of The Washington ...
The University of Kansas will be charging less for its basic food and housing arrangement in the next academic year — and it will be Kansas' only public university to lower that rate. At a meeting Wednesday, the Kansas Board of Regents approved all six Kansas public universities' new food and housing rates for the 2020-2021 academic year. For a double occupancy room and a limited dining option, KU will see a ...
The University of Kansas will name its new integrated science building after its previous chancellor, Bernadette Gray-Little. At a meeting Wednesday night, the Kansas Board of Regents approved Chancellor Douglas Girod's request to name the building after KU's 17th chancellor. It will be called Gray-Little Hall. "This naming is appropriate because without Chancellor Gray-Little's chancellorship, certainly this ...