A fellow government entity and more than 20 businesses and individuals are filing a lawsuit against Douglas County challenging its approval of a massive solar energy project. www2.ljworld.com/news/county-go…

Negotiations between KU and the labor union for graduate teaching assistants have fallen apart. After mediation failed, KU is set to impose terms of a new contract that includes a raise but less of one than GTAs sought. www2.ljworld.com/news/ku/2024/m…

A crowd of nearly 100 supporters of Palestine occupied the lawn in front of KU’s Fraser Hall on Wednesday, saying there “will be no business as usual on our campus until there is justice in Palestine.” www2.ljworld.com/news/ku/2024/m…

A former rural school building between Lawrence and Eudora is under consideration by local government officials to become an emergency shelter for homeless families, the Journal-World has learned. www2.ljworld.com/weblogs/town_t…

How many out-of-district students should be allowed in the Lawrence school district next school year? Board members have called a special meeting for this evening to decide. A new state law requires those decisions be made by May 1. www2.ljworld.com/news/schools/2…

A Douglas County jury on Thursday acquitted a transient man of murdering a blind Lawrence resident last summer in downtown Lawrence. www2.ljworld.com/news/public-sa…

Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez should be censured for unprofessional conduct toward a Douglas County judge, the state’s top panel for attorney discipline is recommending. www2.ljworld.com/news/public-sa…

A new policy that will prohibit “diversity pledges” at state universities — but won’t require schools to close their offices related to diversity initiatives — won quick and unanimous approval by the Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday. www2.ljworld.com/news/ku/2024/a…

Seating at the University of Kansas’ revamped football stadium likely will shrink by at least 5,000 seats when the facility opens in 2025, but KU’s athletic director promised year-round excitement levels from the site will grow. www2.ljworld.com/weblogs/town_t…

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran is lobbying to declassify pieces of intelligence briefings that would show national security threats posed by the popular social media platform TikTok, whose parent company is based in China. www2.ljworld.com/news/state-reg…

Americans should become less worried about a nuclear war and more concerned about an unrestrained Vladimir Putin, the retired general who once oversaw the defense of Europe told a KU crowd on Wednesday. www2.ljworld.com/news/ku/2024/a…

What is clear about the proposed Douglas Co. solar project is that it is huge. 8 million square ft of solar panels are the same size as 4,000 regular-sized homes. (2/2) www2.ljworld.com/news/county-go…

Will the Kansas Sky Energy project flood North Lawrence? After a weeks-long investigation we found key questions about how the solar project will deal with its stormwater are still unanswered. (1/2) www2.ljworld.com/news/county-go…

The funding announcement is a major step in KU's years-long effort to build a $30 million the Kansas National Security Innovation Center, which would focus on research related to cybersecurity and other innovations that could be used by the homeland security or defense industry

The University of Kansas has won a $22 million appropriation from the federal government to build a new national security laboratory on its West Campus in Lawrence. Sen. Jerry Moran announced the funding this morning at a national cybersecurity conference hosted at KU.

A credit union with a historical connection to the University of Kansas will become the first business to locate in a new venture designed to bring commercial development to the edge of the KU campus. www2.ljworld.com/weblogs/town_t…

Plans have been filed at Lawrence City Hall to convert a part of a former grocery store building into a new type of indoor sports and entertainment venue. Batting cages, golf simulators and pickleball courts will be among the offerings. www2.ljworld.com/weblogs/town_t…

Folks with good business ideas will be competing for $25,000 in awards at a local Shark Tank-like event next month in Lawrence. www2.ljworld.com/weblogs/town_t…

A plan for KU to create a “Gateway District” around its refurbished football stadium may initially include fewer retailers, restaurants and other amenities than once envisioned, KU Chancellor Doug Girod now says. www2.ljworld.com/weblogs/town_t…

The Kansas Board of Regents is working on a new policy that will prohibit “diversity pledges” at state universities, but higher education leaders say it won’t require the schools to close their offices related to diversity efforts. www2.ljworld.com/news/ku/2024/m…