A retired chief economist for the Kansas Legislature and member of Gov. Laura Kelly’s Council on Tax Reform will give a presentation and answer questions related to property taxes at an event this weekend in downtown Lawrence. What is a mill? How are property appraisals determined? Chris ...
TOPEKA — A perpetually homeless man abused by his parents and shuffled as a youth among more than 17 foster homes and two psychiatric hospitals received a life sentence in prison Tuesday without possibility of parole for half a century in the rape and murder of a Topeka preschool girl ...
A "Good Trouble" rally is scheduled for Saturday at the Statehouse in Topeka. From 10 a.m. to noon, Kansans will gather at the Capitol to honor the legacy of civil rights icon John Lewis. In the spirit of Congressman Lewis' call to make “Good Trouble,” rally organizers say demonstrators ...
WEIR, Kansas — Johanna Schmid and her husband, Steve Hench, live in an older home in Weir, Kansas. Their lives are busy — they have five kids. Three of those kids are under the age of 3. Last October, routine testing at the pediatrician revealed their 3-year-old had high levels of lead in ...
With its new electric vehicle battery plant now open in De Soto, University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod hopes Panasonic’s next Kansas project is one that will land on the KU campus. Girod told the Journal-World on Monday that KU continues to be in discussions with Panasonic officials ...
UPDATE 4:15 P.M. JULY 14 The first phase of Panasonic Energy’s nearly 5-million-square-foot electric vehicle battery factory is officially open in De Soto and marching toward an impressive production goal: Churning out 70 batteries per second. But as dignitaries from both Japan and ...