The invitation was sent, but the chair was empty.
About 70 showed up at the Lawrence Public Library on Saturday to hear Lauren Reinhold and Steve Jacob make their case for why voters should pick them to replace Tracey Mann, the Republican incumbent representing Kansas’ 1st Congressional District. Mann, as expected, did not attend.
Though Mann declined to attend the forum — a spokesman told the ...
Rep. Tracey Mann, a Republican serving Kansas’ 1st Congressional District, is not planning on attending a candidate forum in Lawrence on Saturday, but a spokesman for the congressman declined to answer questions about where Mann would be on that day.
A spokesman for his Washington, D.C., office said Mann "has other meetings scheduled” for Saturday. The Journal-World asked for more details about what ...
There are several things students at Haskell Indian Nations University want from Alex Red Corn, the university’s newly appointed president. But among them, one stands out: consistency.
“I really just want someone that is stable enough to be there for a long term and really just give to the students, give back to the younger generations that are going to be coming in,” said Dyami Berridge, a senior ...
Story updated at 5:15 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5
University of Kansas Chancellor Doug Girod on Friday confirmed that Hilltop Child Development Center will close at the end of the month. But he also indicated that plans to tear down the center’s main building appear unlikely — news that brought relief for community members Monday, even though some had objections to the work group created to assist affected ...
The University of Kansas will lead a new national program that aims to provide leadership to the special education field, which is seeing far more teachers leaving it than entering it.
But the new project — which recently received a $3.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education — aims to provide something else to the industry: recognition.
“I think what gets lost often is the amount of really ...
Story updated at 3:39 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30.
Student enrollment at the University of Kansas just broke another record.
KU’s overall enrollment for fall 2026 increased to 31,464 students, nearly 300 more than the previous year, according to figures released Wednesday by the Kansas Board of Regents.
This is the third straight year that KU has posted gains and set a new enrollment high.
“Three ...
