Whether you’re interested in the halftime performance, your neighbor’s chili recipe or just an excuse to have a little party on Sunday evening, most Americans will be tuning in for the Super Bowl. The game is the most-watched event in the country, and certainly many in Lawrence will be rooting for the Chiefs to pull off a historic “three-peat” against the Philadelphia Eagles.
But millions of Americans ...
A new state dashboard lets policymakers across Kansas see mortality rates, risk factors and other detailed data about cancer in their communities, and it has good news and bad news about the disease in Douglas County.
The Cancer Data Dashboard was released on Tuesday by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment's Bureau of Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics and the State Cancer Program. It's ...
Lawrence city commissioners expressed excitement on Tuesday for an upcoming study about potential development and infrastructure opportunities in North Lawrence, which city staff says will take a holistic look at improving this key gateway to the city.
The study, for which the city is currently seeking applications from consulting firms, gives the city a chance to “dream big” of what potential improvements ...
U.S. Senator Roger Marshall joined Kansas state legislators Monday to announce the legislators’ intent to follow the lead of President Donald Trump’s proposal to not tax tips.
Trump made removing a tax on tips a part of his campaign promise during the election, and bills that would “eliminate the application of the income tax on cash tips” were introduced in both the U.S. House and Senate last ...
Not only is a picture worth a thousand words, as they say, it's also full of lessons — even for the photographer who took it.
That's something that Imogen Herrick, an assistant professor of STEM education at the University of Kansas, knows very well. When she was earning her Ph.D. at the University of Southern California, she explored a technique called “photovoice" to help kids learn about complex issues, ...
City leaders will soon consider awarding a construction bid of over $17 million as part of a stormwater project around Old West Lawrence that will also partially redesign the Ninth Street corridor.
At its meeting on Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider awarding a $17,338,472 bid to Kissick Construction Co. for work on the Jayhawk Watershed Middle Reach Project — part of a potentially $32 ...
