The president of Haskell Indian Nations University’s Board of Regents is running for election to the 46th District in the Kansas House of Representatives.
Last Friday, Brittany Hall officially filed election paperwork for the seat, which has been filled by Democratic lawmaker Dennis “Boog” Highberger since 2015. Highberger previously announced that he intended to step away following his current term after ...
Dozens of current and former employees and volunteers at suicide prevention nonprofit HeadQuarters Kansas are demanding the resignation of the entire board of directors and a newly appointed interim executive director, while the board attributes unrest at the agency to a "misunderstanding" about its actions while responding to a potential misuse of funds.
A letter making those demands and more, which lists 100 ...
Douglas County leaders on Wednesday approved a new plan for how the county should be conserving its open spaces, a year and a half after the development process for the plan began.
At Wednesday’s Douglas County Commission meeting, commissioners unanimously adopted a new Open Space Plan. As the Journal-World has reported, the plan is intended to provide guidance for preserving cultural sites and natural lands ...
Lawrence leaders on Tuesday signed off on about $3 million in spending for the first of two planned phases to construct the city’s new field operations campus, and also expressed their support for an accelerated project timeline that would move its completion up by nine months.
At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, commissioners voted unanimously to authorize City Manager Craig Owens to execute a $2,989,166 ...
A comprehensive plan for open space conservation in Douglas County could earn a final stamp of approval from county leaders this week.
At Wednesday’s Douglas County Commission meeting, commissioners will consider adopting the Open Space Plan, which is intended to provide guidance for preserving cultural sites and natural lands like grasslands, public parks, wetlands and trails.
The plan has officially been ...
The 28-ton red quartzite boulder sacred to the Kaw Nation that sat in Lawrence for nearly a century as a monument to white settlers has finally been installed at its new home in Council Grove.
On Tuesday, Jay Johnson — professor of geography and atmospheric science and director of the Center for Indigenous Research, Science and Technology at the University of Kansas — gave the Lawrence City Commission its ...
