On a night full of facts and figures about the future of affordable housing in Lawrence, Mayor Brad Finkeldei mentioned a specific one leaders will soon be thinking about: $4 million. That’s how much assistance the University of Kansas has pledged to the city for future affordable housing ...
In-person advance voting began in Lawrence on Wednesday at the Douglas County Elections Office, 711 W. 23rd St., and will begin in Eudora, Baldwin City and Lecompton on July 25. Early voting will continue through noon on Monday, Aug. 3. Mail ballots have already been sent out. The primary ...
TOPEKA — The vacancy rate among Kansas teachers employed by accredited K-12 schools declined 9.1% this spring as more special education, science, math, elementary and other hard-to-fill classroom instructional slots were filled, state officials said. The Kansas State Department of ...
Before HR1, also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill” was passed in July 2025, Douglas County advocates warned cuts could have harmful effects to healthcare costs and assistance programs for Kansans. A year later, advocacy organizations reflected on the impacts in a press conference ...
A new healthcare facility on Haskell Indian Nations University’s campus is expected to be built in the next “three to five years,” the CEO of the Haskell Indian Health Center told the Journal-World. The university and the Indian Health Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health ...
It’s been clear that this summer Lawrence has been having a moment. As the Journal-World reported, Lawrence was recently named one of the top places to visit in the country by CNN, and the city has gotten international headlines about how it has welcomed the Algerian national team during the ...