Updated at 7:25 p.m. Tuesday
Less than a week after the Kansas Legislature passed sweeping legislation limiting Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s powers to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, Kelly announced Tuesday that she had “no choice” but to veto the bill.
What legislators passed last week, Kelly said, would have “long-standing consequences for the people of Kansas.” While saying she supports certain ...
Billy Jensen had never visited the state before he accepted a scholarship at the University of Kansas to get his master’s degree in religious studies.
For the short time he lived in Lawrence, though, the now-famous true crime journalist and podcaster was able to hone his interest in crime through his study of new religious movements known as cults.
But beyond his studies, living in Lawrence taught Jensen ...
When the University of Kansas Medical Center announced in mid-April that it was joining a wide-ranging clinical trial for a drug controversially touted by President Donald Trump as a potential treatment for COVID-19, it naturally raised some eyebrows.
Studies at the time had been inconclusive in determining the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in treating COVID-19. But Trump continued his advocacy for the drug ...
Just six hours after the Kansas legislature adjourned from a marathon 24-hour session that culminated in the passage of a bill weakening her ability to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Laura Kelly said Friday the actions of a select group of legislators were “simply indefensible.”
While saying she still needed time to review the many pieces of legislation pushed through the Legislature in the ...
Story updated at 2:54 p.m. Thursday
The University of Kansas is facing a budget shortfall that amounts to nearly 26% of its general operating budget — or $120 million — for fiscal year 2021, Chancellor Douglas Girod said Thursday.
The staggering figure is attributed to direct losses in research dollars, event fees and student housing and dining revenue after the COVID-19 pandemic forced KU to essentially ...
TOPEKA — Amid a global health crisis, the Republican-dominated Kansas Senate on Thursday voted along party lines against expanding Medicaid, delaying the hopes that the state would extend health care coverage to tens of thousands of Kansans until at least the next legislative session.
Sen. Dinah Sykes, D-Lenexa, tried to expand the state’s Medicaid program by way of amending an unrelated bill — a ...
