TOPEKA, Kansas, March 14 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kelly Breaks Ground on Polk-Quincy Viaduct Project TOPEKA - Governor Laura Kelly joined Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) Secretary Calvin Reed and other community leaders Friday to celebrate the groundbreaking of the I-70 Polk-Quincy Viaduct project. "While the Polk-Quincy viaduct has served the community for over 60 years, we are investing in a modern and more efficient I-70   more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, March 14 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: * * * K-State to halt Feed the Future Innovation Labs, other international grant projects MANHATTAN -- After more than a decade of innovation labs that have helped feed the world and improve global food systems in partnership with the U.S. federal government, Kansas State University will suspend the operation of its two current Feed the Future Innovation Labs on April 12. Due to the recent federal trans  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 14 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on March 13, 2025: * * * 25-TRAM-5061-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 03/13/2025 * * * 25-TRAM-352-OOS Docket Type: OOS - Out of Service Docket Description: In the Matter of the Suspension of Operating Authority of Ball and Hitch Date Filed: 03/13/2025 * * * 25-GIMM-351-KHP Docket Type: KHP - Kansas Highway Patrol Violations   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 15 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on March 14, 2025: * * * 25-SPEE-353-TAR Docket Type: TAR - Tariff Docket Description: Tariff for Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy, Chartered Date Filed: 03/14/2025 * * * Original text here: https://estar.kcc.ks.gov/estar/portal/kscc/page/NewDockets/portal.aspx  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 15 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * KU Public Management Center announces new director LAWRENCE -- The University of Kansas Public Management Center (PMC) announces that Kristi Northcutt has been appointed as its next director. Each year, the center -- housed within the School of Public Affairs & Administration (SPAA) -- provides professional education and leadership development programs and events for more than 800 public service professi  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 15 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * KU to welcome School of Business dean candidates to Lawrence campus LAWRENCE -- Four candidates striving to become the next dean of KU's School of Business will soon visit the Lawrence campus and share their outlook for the future of the school. The name of each candidate will be announced approximately two business days before their respective campus visits. The public presentations will all take place i  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 15 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * From abandoned coal mines to war zones, Kansas Geological Survey technology reveals underground threats LAWRENCE -- At the Kansas Geological Survey (KGS), a hazard detection program begun nearly 40 years ago to detect abandoned coal mines in southeast Kansas will enter a new era of artificial intelligence, neural networks and machine learning, supported in part by a $15 million grant from the U.S. Army Eng  more