KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 11 -- The University of Missouri Kansas City campus issued the following news: * * * Five Top Priorities from UMKC 2025 State of the University Chancellor announces School of Dentistry expansion plans University of Missouri-Kansas City Chancellor Mauli Agrawal delivered his annual State of the University address, celebrating significant achievements and urging Kansas City's only Carnegie Research 1 university to reach even higher in the coming year. Agrawal ackn  more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, March 11 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: * * * K-State welcomes renowned scholar Rodolphe Barrangou for distinguished lecture By Lindley Lund MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University's newly reimagined President's Distinguished Lecture Series will host its inaugural lecture featuring Rodolphe Barrangou, T.R. Klaenhammer distinguished professor at North Carolina State University, on Tuesday, April 8, bringing world-class intellectual discourse to t  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 11 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on March 10, 2025: * * * 25-SCNT-346-MIS Docket Type: MIS - Miscellaneous Docket Description: Application for South Central Telephone Association, Inc Date Filed: 03/10/2025 * * * Original text here: https://estar.kcc.ks.gov/estar/portal/kscc/page/NewDockets/portal.aspx  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 4 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets: * * * 25-CONS-3283-CMSC Docket Type: CMSC - Miscellaneous Docket Description: Miscellaneous Docket - KCC Staff, Somerset Energy, Inc. and EKOGA Date Filed: 03/04/2025 * * * 25-TRAM-5058-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 03/04/2025 * * * 25-TRAM-338-PEN Docket Type: PEN - Penalty Orders Docket Description: In the Matter of the   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 5 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets: * * * 25-TRAM-341-OOS Docket Type: OOS - Out of Service Docket Description: In the Matter of the Suspension of Operating Authority of Overland Transport LLC Date Filed: 03/05/2025 * * * 25-TRAM-340-OOS Docket Type: OOS - Out of Service Docket Description: In the Matter of the Suspension of Operating Authority of Dead Pull Transportation LLC Date Filed: 03/05/2025 * * * 25-TWOC-339-CCN Docke  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 6 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets: * * * 25-EFNT-343-COM Docket Type: COM - Complaint Docket Description: Formal Complaint Against Everfast Fiber Networks by Lakeview Village, Inc. Date Filed: 03/06/2025 * * * 25-CONS-3293-CEXC Docket Type: CEXC - Exception To Rules And Regulations Docket Description: Berexco Application Date Filed: 03/06/2025 * * * 25-CONS-3292-CEXC Docket Type: CEXC - Exception To Rules And Regulations Do  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 9 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on March 7, 2025: * * * 25-TRAM-5059-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 03/07/2025 * * * 25-GIMM-345-KHP Docket Type: KHP - Kansas Highway Patrol Violations Docket Description: In the Matter of the Investigation of Field Services LLC Date Filed: 03/07/2025 * * * 25-CONS-3299-CUIC Docket Type: CUIC - Underground Injection Control   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 6 -- The Kansas State Corporation Commission (SCC) has canceled the scheduled prehearing conference and evidentiary hearing regarding Evergy's Phase 2 Transportation Electrification (TE) Portfolio, following a unanimous settlement agreement between Evergy, Commission Staff, and the Citizens' Utility Ratepayers Board. Evergy, encompassing Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Kansas South, and Evergy Kansas Metro, had filed an application on September 30, 2024, seeking approval to   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 6 -- The Kansas State Corporation Commission (SCC) has granted The Kroger Co. intervention in a case concerning Evergy Kansas Central and Evergy Kansas South's request for a significant electricity rate increase. The decision, detailed in an order released by the SCC, allows Kroger to participate in proceedings regarding Evergy's application for a $196.4 million revenue increase. Evergy filed its application on January 31, 2025, seeking an 8.64% increase in total retail re  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 6 -- The Kansas State Corporation Commission (SCC) has denied the petition for intervention filed by Sustainability Action Network, Inc. (Sustainability) in a case concerning Evergy's request for a determination of ratemaking principles for new electric generation facilities. Evergy, encompassing Evergy Kansas Central, Evergy Kansas South, and Evergy Kansas Metro, filed an application on November 6, 2024, seeking regulatory guidance on how to recover costs associated with   more