Lawrence Public Schools stand to lose $468,151 in federal grants because of action by the Trump administration earlier this month freezing distribution of already-approved federal support.

Anthony Alvarez, a KU student who served as a proctor for a scholarship hall, has filed a lawsuit against KU after he was fired from his position in the wake of speaking out against the university’s d...

Arts organizations in Lawrence could see losses to already thin budgets after President Donald Trump proposed eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts in his new budget outline.

Lawrence city commissioners will consider advancing multimillion-dollar tax incentives to help fund the second phase of KU’s Gateway Project and a proposed Q39 restaurant downtown. The meeting will in...

The White House’s attempt to cut federal funding for local radio and television stations could cut off critical funds for Kansas Public Radio’s news, cultural and arts programming, according to the ne...

Some international students at KU say they are shocked and concerned about the federal government terminating international student records and revoking thousands of visas.

Lawrence is well positioned to cash in on an estimated regional windfall of more than $600 million next summer when the World Cup comes to Kansas City, the CEO of KC’s World Cup planning told local bu...

Some Lawrence residents are forming a new advocacy group urging the city to increase community engagement and transparency.

KU students, propelled by the firing of a student employee who had spoken out, marched Wednesday to the housing offices in protest of the university’s decision to end gender-inclusive housing at Grace...

Lingering hostility among rogue Republicans over a three-year-old ethics investigation surfaced this week in the lead-up to a Kansas GOP meeting in Goodland, where party members on Saturday are being ...

The firing of three dozen Haskell employees last week following Trump administration orders is putting a new focus on attempts to shift control of the university to its Board of Regents. But some stud...

Lawrence school board members on Monday gave quick approval to hire Jeanice Kerr Swift as the district's next superintendent.

KU researchers recently made a major advancement toward early detection of ovarian cancer. That’s just one example of efforts they fear could be decimated by cuts to federal grants.

Newly disclosed videos show Topeka police shooting and killing a Black man in 2022 after he picked up a wrench and backed away from the officers in a gas station parking lot, contradicting the narrati...

A district committee on Monday will update the school board on its interest in exploring a feeder system in the future instead of making any boundary changes for next year. The board will also conside...

Should a formal election certificate include the abbreviation “A.D.?”

Legislation proposed in the Kansas Senate would end the three-day grace period for mail-in ballots, requiring them to be received by 7 p.m on Election Day to be counted, regardless of postage date.

Adrian Wojnarowski is trying to help St. Bonaventure’s tiny basketball program thrive in the scary new world of college sports.

Each year across Kansas, elected officials stand on stages and pledge to implement wide-ranging policy in front of religious congregants.

Each year across Kansas, elected officials stand on stages and pledge to implement wide-ranging policy in front of religious congregants.

Each year across Kansas, elected officials stand on stages and pledge to implement wide-ranging policy in front of religious congregants.

In an effort to begin difficult budget conversations and grapple with an anticipated $6.5 million deficit, city finance staff will present to Lawrence city commissioners Tuesday, several months earlie...

GOP leaders spread prevarications against those seeking to inform. It makes their protestations last week fall as flat as a pancake.

Nothing threatens authoritarianism like a free, quiet place to absorb a full range of information.

My students, along with many other Americans, see censorship more broadly now — and there’s a logical reason why.

Thousands of international soccer fans and millions of dollars are expected to descend on Kansas City next year as the city hosts six world cup matches. Lawrence officials and organizations have begun...

Of the four white limestone statues of notable Kansans that stand in the Statehouse rotunda, half are journalists. One is Topeka publisher and politician Arthur Capper. The other is legendary Emporia ...

House Speaker Dan Hawkins banned reporting from the House chamber floor in new rules issued ahead of the legislative session, breaking from historical precedent and further exhibiting his disregard fo...

City commissioners on Tuesday approved a nearly $550K payment to an architecture firm to design a renovation of the outdoor pool, but most of the discussion centered on broader frustrations from commu...

The one thing every wrongful death row conviction has in common is that the jury got it wrong, Herman Lindsey, a death row exoneree, said Saturday at the Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty con...