Budget plan draws fire over school funding
Kansas House critics rebuke the $14 billion plan as it withholds funds and pressures districts to tap reserves. The bill would cut AD Adp Ret I UvVeLiadill spending about 4 percent for the new fiscal year, while stripping $29 million for higher costs this year.
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Group buys Bella Sera In Lawrence condo project
A Wichita investment group including a Koch Industries executive bought the remaining vacant units at Bella Sera at the Preserve in west Lawrence. The foreclosure troubled luxury development on Bob Billings Parkway and Inverness Drive will see lower selling prices as the new owners take control, said real estate agent Jason Todd of Lawrence Realty Executives Hedges Real Estate.
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KU law school drops in national rankings amid weak employment data
U S News ranking shows Kansas University School of Law tied for 89th after a 12 place fall tied to class of 2010 employment. Dean Stephen Mazza says KU does not game figures and cites economic factors while the school adds career services staff to improve outcomes.
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KU Hospital expands as demand grows in Kansas City
Kansas University Hospital leaders propose to add 84 beds across three new floors of the Center for Advanced Heart Care, boosting total beds to 745 after a $56.7 million expansion. The plan includes a new seventh floor 32-bed unit for heart and family medicine, an eighth floor 32-bed neuro unit, and a ninth floor 20-bed ICU plus a new helipad. The project aims to open this summer with 200 to 250 new staff hires and continued main-hospital renovations.
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