Chad Lawhorn

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. https://t.co/LmZUQnk0sv

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. https://t.co/bYMoxCeQyV

The rumor was true. Dillons will close its store on 23rd Street and build a larger store on KU's West Campus. https://t.co/SCKuOzgY1c

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.” https://t.co/dNil4krtjJ

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. https://t.co/ukhSaGOpfh

Faculty at the University of Kansas have voted by a large margin to form a union to negotiate with administrators for better pay, job security and working conditions. https://t.co/VO1tFR7kJN

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. https://t.co/JamtMidceV

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. https://t.co/GBhgLKm3eN

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. https://t.co/ync3uOdggb

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. https://t.co/WGwnC62aC5

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) https://t.co/8z2ZXRdFYY

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) https://t.co/8z2ZXRdFYY

The project will be on KU Innovation Park, north and west of 23rd and Iowa streets. It will be 80,000 square feet in size and is expected to add 250 jobs to the park initially.

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. https://t.co/G8hE3iS79E

Nearly nine months ago regulators found the University of Kansas’ drinking water system was out of compliance with a key safety standard, but KU officials say it “did not pose a significant health risk.” https://t.co/jVS2JyEUru