Speaking nearly three months to the day since Kansas confirmed its first case of COVID-19 in Johnson County, Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday praised Kansans for how they've responded to an unprecedented global pandemic. Kansans' response, combined with a continued adherence to social distancing guidelines, has made Kelly "hopeful" about the state's health and economic recovery in the months and years to come, she ...
A Lawrence bioscience company has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in government funding for research into a COVID-19 vaccine — and could get millions more — and a local farm also has a federal contract for virus relief efforts. Separate from economic relief legislation, the federal government has spent nearly $15 billion on myriad efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic so far. And about $650,000 ...
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has tasked the committee charged with leading the state’s reopening efforts amid the COVID-19 pandemic with exploring the creation of a relief fund for renters and homeowners still struggling to make ends meet. Kelly said during a Friday media briefing that of all the executive orders she had to let lapse after Republican lawmakers allowed the state of emergency declaration to expire ...
Story updated at 7:30 p.m. Friday: After a 15-month legal battle, the University of Kansas and former football coach David Beaty have reached a $2.55 million settlement in Beaty's lawsuit over his disputed firing. Beaty was fired in November 2018, and he sued the university in March 2019, accusing KU of improperly firing him for cause and “concocting” alleged NCAA violations in order to withhold a $3 ...
The University of Kansas will serve as part of a pilot program for a health verification app designed to allow communities to reopen safely from the COVID-19 pandemic while protecting community members' health information. The app, called CVKey, was created through an organization founded by KU alumnus and Google Earth founder Brian McClendon. Users can self-assess their health status and potential COVID-19 ...
Roger Marshall is a first-generation college student and, because of the importance of education to him, made it a goal to visit every higher education institution in Kansas after his election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2016. On Wednesday, he was finally able to check Haskell Indian Nations University off the list. "This is a very unique university compared to everything else in Kansas, so I ...