Kansas high school students worry their First Amendment rights could be violated under a new Senate bill, with many students saying they won’t be able to make their voices heard in school if protests are more regulated. The Kansas Senate included a proviso in its version of the state budget ...
KU will remain under the supervision of the Kansas Board of Regents after a Kansas House committee on Thursday significantly changed a bill that was designed to help universities move at the “speed of innovation.” The House Committee on Higher Education Budget approved HB 2798, which puts ...
TOPEKA — Advocates, medical providers and recipients of public assistance programs rallied Thursday at the Statehouse with a clear message: restricting access to these programs would hurt Kansans. Senate Bill 363 imposes a sweeping set of steps to verify Kansans’ eligibility for the ...
The wild world of college athletics — think $20 million per year in revenue sharing with student-athletes — has leaders at Kansas State and Wichita State going to their universities' checkbooks for help. The top finance officers at K-State and Wichita State this week told a committee of ...
TOPEKA — The mayor of Kansas City, Kansas, asked the Legislature to reward cities that invest heavily in bringing the Kansas City Chiefs across the state line by granting them voting rights on a new board that would own and oversee the NFL franchise’s $3 billion domed stadium and a separate ...
No, the University of Kansas won’t be allowed to unilaterally sell Allen Fieldhouse or throw open the doors of the university to controversial private equity investors. Not that there was ever any such proposals to do so. However, a last-minute bill introduced Wednesday in the Kansas ...