State Government

KU Endowment Association paying nearly half of chancellor’s new $1M salary

Nearly half of the new $1 million salary for University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod will be paid with private funds, the Kansas Board of Regents told the Journal-World on Tuesday. All of the private funding will come from the KU Endowment Association, and will total $490,000 for the ...

University of New Mexico leader to become top communications officer at KU

A communications professional from the University of New Mexico has been named as the University of Kansas’ next vice chancellor in charge of communications and marketing efforts. Cinnamon Blair will begin her role as chief strategic communication officer and vice chancellor on Sept. 15, KU ...

States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules

WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the country's biggest abortion provider. The 6-3 opinion comes in a case that wasn't directly about abortion. ...