A high-ranking visitor on the University of Kansas campus Friday had a suggestion for U.S businesses wondering how to adapt to a brewing worldwide trade war. Do more business with Zimbabwe. While the idea maybe isn’t top-of-mind for most U.S. companies, it certainly is for Sarah Bhoroma. ...
Thirteen Douglas County organizations and nonprofits have been awarded over $100,000 total in state grants for arts programming for the 2025-26 grant period, the state of Kansas announced Tuesday. The grants to Douglas County organizations range from a few thousand dollars to just over ...
A retired chief economist for the Kansas Legislature and member of Gov. Laura Kelly’s Council on Tax Reform will give a presentation and answer questions related to property taxes at an event this weekend in downtown Lawrence. What is a mill? How are property appraisals determined? Chris ...
With its new electric vehicle battery plant now open in De Soto, University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod hopes Panasonic’s next Kansas project is one that will land on the KU campus. Girod told the Journal-World on Monday that KU continues to be in discussions with Panasonic officials ...
UPDATE 4:15 P.M. JULY 14 The first phase of Panasonic Energy’s nearly 5-million-square-foot electric vehicle battery factory is officially open in De Soto and marching toward an impressive production goal: Churning out 70 batteries per second. But as dignitaries from both Japan and ...
TOPEKA — An attorney representing Mickel Cherry in the rape and murder of a 5-year-old Topeka girl asserted in a court document Friday that Kansas’ child welfare agency and the Shawnee County District Attorney’s Office missed opportunities to intervene and possibly save her life. Cherry, ...