One week out from the Democratic primary to fill the vacant seat representing Kansas' 10th District in the state House of Representatives — the only contested House seat in the Douglas County area — reports filed Monday gave a clearer look at the race's financial picture.
Three Democrats — Christina Haswood, 26, A.J. Stevens, 49, and Brandon Holland, 31 — are vying for the seat vacated by Rep. Eileen ...
TOPEKA — As Kansas continues to see spiking numbers of new COVID-19 cases, Gov. Laura Kelly didn't mince words Monday afternoon.
If the rate at which the deadly respiratory virus is spreading doesn't slow — and soon — Kelly said she will have no other choice but to recommend that the state move back to Phase 2 of her Ad Astra reopening plan by next week. That means gatherings would be limited to 15 ...
The Graduate Teaching Assistant Coalition is accusing the University of Kansas of violating several aspects of state labor law, alleging that KU forced graduate teaching assistants to work without pay, implemented changes without consulting the union and threatened nonrenewal of teaching positions for not teaching in person during the coming fall semester.
Those accusations were leveled in four complaints ...
The University of Kansas over the next fiscal year has budgeted for base tuition losses totaling more than $41.7 million as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to upend the landscape of higher education.
A Journal-World analysis of the university’s budget for Fiscal Year 2021, which runs through June 30, revealed that in addition to budgeted tuition losses, KU has cut tens of millions of dollars from its ...
Updated at 2:32 p.m. Friday
Graduate and international students at the University of Kansas this week say they received a concerning email about an increased cost that will come into play during the looming fall semester: their health care premiums will increase by 27.5%.
That decision was approved in February by the Kansas Board of Regents, before the COVID-19 pandemic truly took hold in the United States. ...
Three weeks after the new fiscal year began, the University of Kansas has released new details on the projected $120 million budget shortfall it faces as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Over the coming year, KU has projected an $87 million hit to its core operations, which includes $62 million in lost tuition revenue, $5 million in lost revenue from course fees and a $20 million loss in appropriations ...
