Higher education in Kansas definitely is becoming more conservative in one regard — with its request for state funding. The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday agreed to submit a budget request to state lawmakers and the governor that seeks $4.6 million less in funding than what the higher ...
A recent record-breaking $300 million gift to KU’s athletic department won’t help stave off millions in budget cuts to the university’s general operations next month, the university’s chief financial officer said Wednesday. When KU in June began announcing the need for budget cuts, ...
Crop artist Stan Herd unveiled a new earthwork Wednesday to the northeast of Lawrence in honor of Mexico's Independence Day. The artwork, titled "Young Woman of Mexico," is a collaboration between Herd and Soileh Padilla Mayer, consul of Mexico in Kansas City. It's located northeast of ...
Larkin Walsh was sworn in as a justice on the Kansas Supreme Court in an informal ceremony Wednesday morning at the Kansas Judicial Center in Topeka. The informal swearing-in allows Walsh to begin her official duties ahead of a formal swearing-in ceremony scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. ...
One city worker estimated on Wednesday morning that it would take 30 dumptruck loads to clear a single encampment at Burcham Park. The large area of makeshift dwellings had the day before been home to half a dozen people, some of whom had lived there for years in a grove of towering cottonwood ...
Downtown Lawrence Inc. has officially begun its search for a new leader. The nonprofit organization responsible for promoting the downtown district is seeking a new executive director after Andrew Holt left that position this summer to take a similar role with Downtown Topeka Inc.. “This ...
