A plan has been filed for the southern end of downtown Lawrence to receive a batch of affordable apartments for seniors, but the price of the project might include less public parking for all. An Omaha-based development group has filed a plan to build a four-story apartment building on the ...

Coffee has defeated sleep along a small portion of Lawrence’s south Iowa Street. The Arkansas-based chain 7 Brew Coffee has filed plans to build a new drive-thru coffee location at the site of a now defunct mattress store at 3231 Iowa St., which is next door to McDonalds and in front of ...

There are new signs that a large affordable housing apartment complex will develop in the heart of south Lawrence’s big box retail district. A site plan has been filed for an approximately 500-bedroom apartment complex at the southeast corner of 31st and Michigan streets, which is basically ...

For U.S. research universities, there might be only one ranking these days that matters — the number of good graces you have with the Trump administration. As we have reported, a Trump-directed policy change at the National Institutes of Health — regarding an administrative spending cap ...

If you want to be reckless in an ordinary crowded room, yell “fire.” If it is a room full of politicians, however, try yelling “taxes.” Indeed, there are some spirited tax debates — and maybe a couple of people fleeing for the exits — at the Kansas Legislature during its annual ...

Hiring freezes are a trend at major U.S. research universities, but KU hasn’t yet implemented one, a spokeswoman with the university told the Journal-World this week. But KU is sharing in the same worry that has led schools including Stanford, MIT and Northwestern to recently implement ...