Could data centers save Kansas’ rural economy?
That question was posed Thursday during a panel discussion on the health of the rural economy in Kansas, with one panelist making the case that data centers could be the answer to sustained economic growth in areas that have long suffered from population decline.
Data centers could serve as injections of capital, said Josh Svaty, a former state representative ...
As she prepares to leave office after eight years, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday reflected on her tenure and offered advice on some the most pressing issues facing not only The Sunflower State, but the nation.
Property taxes, data centers, artificial intelligence and the current political climate were all top of mind for Kelly, who delivered her remarks at the 2026 Kansas Economic Policy Conference at the ...
A former financial regulator who presided over one of the worst economic meltdowns in U.S. history said on Tuesday that she worries that another crisis may be looming — and that artificial intelligence may be the culprit.
“I think there’s a lot of instability in the financial system right now with this huge AI bubble — and anybody who says there’s no bubble is kind of not being serious with you,” ...
In his first State of the Campus address since assuming the provost position at the University of Kansas eight months ago, Arash Mafi, speaking to a room of more than 200 attendees, made one thing clear: We are not backing down.
His message was a response to the many pressures KU — and the higher education industry more broadly — are facing. Colleges and universities across the country have been ...
University of Kansas Chancellor Doug Girod concluded his term as chair of the board of directors of the Association of American Universities, the nation’s premier organization for research universities.
Girod served in the leadership position since last October and is succeeded by Ronald Daniels, president of Johns Hopkins University, AAU announced in a press release on Tuesday. KU has been a longtime member ...
Alex Red Corn, the newly appointed president of Haskell Indian Nations University, has a robust list of priorities for the school he now leads. But one key principle outshines them all: Control what you can control.
And that couldn’t be truer in Red Corn’s case. Haskell is a federally controlled university and there are limits to what its leaders can do. That puts Red Corn in a unique position as he takes ...
