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 ...
UPDATED 2:25 P.M. JUNE 27 University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod will receive a 12% pay increase for the new budget year that begins in July, pushing his total salary to $1 million when both state and private funds are combined. The Kansas Board of Regents on Friday approved salary ...
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. ...
Updated at 1:26 p.m. Thursday, June 26 WASHINGTON — The Senate parliamentarian has advised that a Medicaid provider tax overhaul central to President Donald Trump's tax cut and spending bill does not adhere to the chamber's procedural rules, delivering a crucial blow as Republicans rush to ...
Later this month, KU will end its 2025 fiscal year having nearly eliminated a $50 million budget deficit on its Lawrence campus. There won’t be much time to party, though. The university is projecting a more than $20 million deficit for the next fiscal year, as a new set of financial ...
TOPEKA — A small percentage of funds stolen from Kansas’ unemployment system during the pandemic have been recovered, the state labor secretary says, but time is running out to find the rest. The Kansas Department of Labor processed hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent ...