It's a story that's become a cliche in American culture: A couple of people in a garage come up with a high-tech business idea, pitch it to an investor and become a “unicorn” — a successful startup company.
But even when people manage to make something as impactful as Apple or Facebook, those unicorns usually don't settle in Kansas. They prefer other parts of the country — Silicon Valley, Seattle or New ...
LMH Health staff had to turn away nearly 60 guests looking to attend an event at its main campus on Thursday about Medicare and Medicare Advantage options after the hospital announced it would stop accepting certain insurance plans.
As the Journal-World reported, LMH Health announced it would no longer accept Medicare Advantage plans from Humana and Aetna starting in the new year, citing problems with ...
The City Commission will soon consider two rezoning requests in west Lawrence that could lead to a future affordable housing development from the Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority.
The commission will consider rezoning about 6 acres of land at two adjacent sites — 5015 Legends Drive and 1311 Research Park Drive — from the “Industrial Business Park” category to “Multi-Dwelling Residential." The ...
Nearly two years after Lawrence city commissioners established the city's tobacco licensing program, Lawrence has a “glut” of licensed tobacco retailers, almost 20% of which were found to have sold tobacco products to underage customers in 2023.
That's according to a new report from Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, which has been studying tobacco sales in the city since the commission approved the ...
As speakers described proposed changes to the structure of Lawrence’s government during a presentation to the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, some in the audience expressed hesitancy about the need for change.
The event featured presentations from John Nalbandian, a former mayor of Lawrence and professor at the University of Kansas who chaired the task force that provided recommendations for the change of the ...
City commissioners have voted in favor of a proposed "road diet" that would reduce the number of lanes for cars along a portion of Ninth Street between downtown Lawrence and the University of Kansas and add protected bike lanes.
At their meeting Tuesday, commissioners reviewed the plan that would redesign Ninth Street from Illinois Street to Vermont Street and voted 4-1 to recommend that it proceed. ...
