KU water workshop links scholars on a grand challenge
About 120 KU researchers and administrators gathered at Spooner Hall for a water workshop framed as speed dating. Leaders Susan Stover Jeffrey Vitter Steve Warren and Karen Flournoy outlined how Kansas must capture manage and safeguard water amid droughts pollution and climate-driven shifts.
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Susan Stover
High Plains
Kansas Water Office
Spooner Hall
Kansas University
Stover
Jeffrey Vitter
Steve Warren
Karen Flournoy
Environmental Protection Agency
Vitter
Flournoy
Kansas
Kansas AG declines to rule on citizenship proof voting law
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt will not issue a formal legal opinion on the state proof of citizenship requirement to register to vote after the Supreme Court struck down a similar law. Deputy AG Athena Andaya says litigation could resolve the issue, as 16,000 would be voters including 650 in Douglas County have faced registration delays. The ACLU warns Kobach may face a lawsuit in November if the situation isn’t fixed.
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Topera
Kansas
Derek Schmidt
U.S. Supreme Court
Arizona
Senate
Anthony Hensley
Topeka
Schmidt
Hensley
Athena Andaya
Kris Kobach
Douglas County
ACLU
Kobach
Elec
Lawrence and KU face a future as giant redwoods among universities
The column compares KU and Lawrence to a forest of western universities, arguing KU could be one of the giant redwoods. It cites Rochester Minnesota's Destination Medical Center as a model of transformative growth, with Mayo Clinic, state backing, and a multi‑billion plan. It notes Lawrence’s 90,000 residents, KU’s strong programs, and asks if Kansas could replicate such dynamic, long‑term development.
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Lawrence
Kansas University
Kansas
America
Franklin Murphy
Trans-Mississippi
University
Topeka
Rochester
Minn
Twin Cities
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Mayo Clinic
Minnesota
Mark Dayton
Mayo
Portland
Dayton
Destination Medical Center
John Noseworthy
School of Business
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