Valentine’s Day in 2025 was a heartsick day at federal agencies across the country as job cuts and hiring freezes began to take hold following an executive order by President Donald Trump. Parts of the order were blocked by federal courts, and national headlines have faded on the topic of ...
When the Kansas Legislature convenes next week, the topics largely will fall into one of two big buckets — money or people. A Lawrence chamber of commerce crowd of more than a hundred heard from Douglas County’s longest-serving legislator that she continues to worry that the people issues ...
TOPEKA — When Kansas water rescue teams deployed in July to Texas’ Hill Country, helping respond to flash floods, each of the boat motors was “shelled out” by the time they left. Kansas Fire Marshal Mark Engholm said the motors were destroyed because of all the debris hidden in the ...
As the state has imposed new restrictions on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at universities, some supporters of DEI efforts perhaps have wondered whether the state is really in a position to enforce such bans. On Tuesday, such wonderers got their strongest sign yet that state ...
LAWRENCE — Tina Thompson found a different way to be Catholic. She was ordained in November as a Roman Catholic Woman Priest, an international group that has tethered itself to the Catholic Church but isn’t officially recognized. “This is about something so much bigger than me,” ...
If the beginning of the new year is that dreaded time where you start listing all your home’s needed maintenance projects, the state’s higher education leaders can offer you a bit of solace. At least you have a home rather than a university. Leaders at the University of Kansas and the ...