LAWRENCE, Kansas, Oct. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: In 2024-2025, while the KU Reads: A Common Book Experience is paused, a collaborative series will offer a chance for the university and broader community to come together around shared reading. Connecting the act of critical reading and discussion to its role in a healthy society, Engaged Reading will foster an exchange of ideas across experiences and knowledge. Each session will include discussion leader  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 9 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * The Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded lower courts' orders; shields State of Montana from bankruptcy court lawsuit. * * * Husch Blackwell prevailed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on behalf of the State of Montana Department of Revenue in an appeal arising from a bankruptcy dispute dating back to 2011 against former billionaire Tim Blixseth. Recently, the Ninth Circuit   more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Oct. 9 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: The University of Kansas School of Business has established four new scholarships through its industry partners of the Jack Lockton Certificate in Insurance and Risk Management program. Aetna, Chubb and Security Benefit Life, on behalf of the Kansas Insurance & Financial Services Education Foundation, will each contribute $50,000 over a five-year period to support the certificate program and provide scholarship oppo  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 10 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Oct 9, 2024: * * * 25-CONS-3129-CEXC Docket Type: CEXC - Exception To Rules And Regulations Docket Description: Application - F. G. Holl Company L.L.C. Date Filed: 10/09/2024 * * * Original text here: https://estar.kcc.ks.gov/estar/portal/kscc/page/NewDockets/portal.aspx  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 9 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the following order (No. 25-MDAP-166-TAR) on Oct. 8, 2024: * * * In the Matter of Mid-America Pipeline Company, LLC Company Filing for Approval of K.C.C. Tariff 18.17.0, Canceling K.C.C. Tariff 18.16.0. SUSPENSION ORDER: May 23, 2025 The above-captioned matter comes before the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas (Commission) for consideration and decision. Having reviewed its files and records, and being duly  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 9 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the following order (No. 25-MTLT-161-KSF) on Oct. 8, 2024: * * * In the Matter of the Application and Request of Mutual Telephone Company for an Increase in its Cost-Based Kansas Universal Service Fund Support. SUSPENSION ORDER: MAY 21, 2025 The above-captioned matter comes before the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas ("Commission") for consideration and decision. Having reviewed its files and records and b  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 9 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission issued the following order (No. 25-KNBP-174-TAR) on Oct. 8, 2024: * * * In the Matter of NuStar Pipeline Operating Partnership L.P. Pleading Relating to Liquid Pipeline Tariff Filing of K.C.C. No. 27. SUSPENSION ORDER: May 29, 2025 The above-captioned matter comes before the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas (Commission) for consideration and decision. Having reviewed its files and records, and being duly advised   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 10 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly announced today that she has appointed Kathy Wolfe Moore to the Kansas Board of Regents. "Kathy Wolfe Moore has wide-ranging experience from local and state government to higher education that will make her an exceptional member of the Kansas Board of Regents," Governor Kelly said. "I look forward to working with her and the entire board to support our higher education  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 9 -- The Kansas Court of Appeals issued the following news release: A three-judge panel from the Kansas Court of Appeals will hear oral argument October 16 at the Leavenworth Justice Center, and it will be the last docket for the court's longest-serving judge before he retires early next year. Chief Judge Karen Arnold-Burger is the presiding judge for the three-judge panel that also includes Judge Henry Green and Judge Stephen Hill. Green, who was appointed to the court in  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Oct. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Kansas has some of the highest potential for wind energy of any state in the nation, but from one county to the next, regulations vary widely. Some counties encourage wind development, and some discourage it. Some counties have moratoriums preventing new wind development, while others have no guidelines at all. University of Kansas researchers have built a GIS-powered atlas that gathers wind energy regula  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Oct. 10 -- The Missouri Department of Conservation issued the following news: The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports that 43,401 pounds of invasive carp were removed from the Lamine River in September during their focused removal project. MDC, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks used nets and electrofishing from Sept. 9-12 and Sept. 23-26 on portions of the Lamine River between the Harriman Hill and De Bour  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Oct. 10 -- North Dakota Attorney Drew Wrigley issued the following news on Oct. 9, 2024: North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley, with the full support of Gov. Doug Burgum, today joined a 20-state coalition, led by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, in a lawsuit seeking to stop a Biden-Harris administration Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) rule that would cost states h  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Oct. 10 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on Oct. 9, 2024: North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley, with the full support of Gov. Doug Burgum, today joined a 20-state coalition, led by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, in a lawsuit seeking to stop a Biden-Harris administration Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) rule that would cost states hu  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Oct. 10 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Attorney General Hilgers joined a 20-state coalition, led by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, and South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, in a lawsuit seeking to stop a Biden-Harris Administration Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) rule that would cost states hundreds of thousands of dollars and drive nursing homes out of business. "S  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Oct. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: A new project led by the University of Kansas will bring together scientists throughout the world who study the interactions between plants and microscopic fungi -- interactions that drive processes such as the building of soils, the cycling of carbon and nutrients, and the productivity of plants. These processes are critical to life on Earth but mostly unseen and taken for granted. Scientific study of pl  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Oct. 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Three current University of Kansas students and a recent graduate have been endorsed for prestigious fellowships for study in the United Kingdom with the support of KU's Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships. Current graduate student Emmelea Schatz, seniors Elizabeth Dinh and Emily Ward, and alumna Mahala Higginbotham have been endorsed for the Marshall Scholarship, which provides funding for 1-  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Oct. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: In America, a red flag represents an all-purpose warning sign. But more and more, the term is used when specifically discussing gun violence. While people might assume support for red flag gun laws is divided among party lines, newly published research shows that's not the case. "Gun owners can recognize when there's danger, and they're willing to take steps to minimize that," said Margaret Kelley, profes  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Oct. 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: New research from the University of Kansas Life Span Institute highlights a key vulnerability to misinformation generated by artificial intelligence and a potential model to combat it. The study, appearing in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology, reveals parents seeking health care information for their children trust AI more than health care professionals when the author is unknown, and parents also rate   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Missouri Kansas City campus issued the following news: * * * High school- and college-age students are introduced to pharmacy earlier than ever before with a UMKC summer internship * * * By Celia Searles For the next generation of healthcare workers, the starting line is earlier than ever, thanks to the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy. There, future students are getting early exposure to pharmacy during their   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Missouri Kansas City campus issued the following news: * * * UMKC researcher studies sleep as a solution to alleviate trauma * * * By Zoe Wu As a student dozes off into slumber, an auditory instruction is heard through a monitor. "Think of a tree," says Westley Youngren, Ph.D., a psychologist, professor and researcher at University of Missouri-Kansas City, as he observes brainwaves from outside a laboratory that resembles a bedroo  more