As I write, the Kansas House Committee on Judiciary is about to hear HB 2348, which would eliminate tenure at higher education institutions governed by the State of Kansas.   The bill emerged from a…

The prospect of mountains of milo rotting on port docks has moved a handful of “Sorghum Belt” members of Congress to see if they can get their colleagues to care. The grain, interchangeably known as…

Kansas has more than a few challenges these days.  Do we need to add a heaping dose of self-inflicted brain drain to the list?  Steven Lovett seems to think so.  Lovett is the general counsel…

MANHATTAN (KSNT) — Kansas State University is waiting answers after President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk’s move to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID’s website has been taken offline,…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Board of Regents is playing defense against cyberattacks on campuses, catch-up on employee salary increases and offense to secure a hike in need-based student aid. This $67 million package of enhancements…

It’s sometimes difficult to discern who is learning more from this summer’s Extension District programs: The teachers or the students. That’s the benefit of life lessons. We’re never too old to learn. As a recent…

Just a few decades ago, bee enthusiasts across much of North America could count on spotting one of the continent’s most common bumblebee species buzzing from flower to flower. Today the American bumblebee is in…

MANHATTAN — The first graduates from Kansas State University’s physician assistant master’s program hope to help close health care gaps in the state. The inaugural cohort of more than 30 students received training for 12…

COLONY — LilianaRose Blaufuss, a senior at Crest High School in Colony, has received a full-ride scholarship to attend Kansas State University next fall. Blaufuss, the daughter of Michael and Jennifer Blaufuss of Westphalia, was…

MANHATTAN — Kansas State’s Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art is featuring the landscapes of rural Maine in its latest exhibition, “Neil Welliver: Maine Seasons.”  The exhibition showcases three canvas paintings by Neil Welliver, 1929-2005,…