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, ...
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. ...
Kansas State University is seeking permission from the Kansas Board of Regents to modify by one word its six-paragraph mission statement. The one word the university is looking to remove: Diversity. At Wednesday’s meeting of the Regents — the state-appointed board that oversees ...
WICHITA — The Kansas State Board of Education has approved new score thresholds for state assessment tests that are expected to increase the number of students scoring in the top levels. Some lawmakers have raised concerns that the move is designed to cover up poor test scores. But ...
Topeka — Relying on a legal opinion issued by the attorney general, the Kansas secretary of state on Friday removed Republican Doug Billings from the roster of candidates running for governor. Attorney General Kris Kobach’s nonbinding opinion pointed to state law requiring governor and ...
TOPEKA — Agriculture is a potential winner of new federal dollars when Kansas officials considered the state’s gains and losses from the “One Big Beautiful Bill“ act, the state's legislative budget committee learned Tuesday. Multiple funding opportunities through expanded agriculture ...