Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
DOGE’s sudden cuts to AmeriCorps funds have left four agencies serving Lawrence and Douglas County families more than $400,000 short to pay for dozens of essential employees.
Analysis of potential congressional cuts to Medicaid indicated Kansas’ loss of more than $3 billion over 10 years could shrink coverage for vulnerable populations, escalate family medical debt and raise the risk of hospital closures.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
When Sarah Bariya took over as executive director of Lawrence’s Sexual Trauma and Abuse Center, she was in for a rude shock: The organization was unable to meet payroll. The center is still working to rebuild from a financial crisis.
Families of an estimated 138,776 Kansas school-age children could have received a $120 summer grocery card last year — they just didn’t submit the application.
A forum Monday evening offered folks with personal insight into Medicaid the opportunity to speak to others with knowledge of how the national health program influenced quality of life.
A directive from the U.S. Department of Education immediately froze more than $22 million in federal funding meant to help Kansas students recover from pandemic-era learning loss.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Student scientists in now-defunded KU and Haskell programs showcased their work Thursday, sharing research ranging from depression treatments for veterans and proteins’ impact on tumor cells to gene mutations, behavior of prairie voles and more.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
A $250,000 grant for the Watkins Museum to expand exhibits on local Indigenous history is in limbo and a Lawrence event honoring veterans will be canceled amid federal cuts to humanities programs.
The timeline for processing this year’s final point-in-time count data — the annual count of people experiencing homelessness — is unclear because of chaos at the federal level, and the work may fall on local agencies to complete.
Student researchers in programs at Haskell and KU have been hard at work preparing for the yearly symposium that showcases their work. It’s coming up Thursday — a week to the day after the program director learned their federal grants had been cut without notice.
