KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 14 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: National law firm Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that three of its attorneys have been selected to participate in two Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) programs for 2024. Omaha-based senior counsel Allan Williams has been selected as Husch Blackwell's 2024 LCLD Fellows nominee. Maysa Daoud, associate in St. Louis, and Javon Johnson, associate in Dallas, have been named 2024 LCLD  more

OLATHE, Kansas, Feb. 14 -- Deere and Co., a manufacturer of agricultural, construction, forestry machinery and diesel engines, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: Today, John Deere and GUSS Automation debuted the world's first and only fully electric autonomous herbicide orchard sprayer, Electric GUSS, at the 2024 World Ag Expo in Tulare, California. Building on the success of the autonomous GUSS herbicide sprayer launched in 2023, this fully electric and autonomous sprayer enab  more

OLATHE, Kansas, Feb. 14 -- Deere and Co., a manufacturer of agricultural, construction, forestry machinery and diesel engines, issued the following news release: John Deere expands its windrower series with the new W260M model, enabling increased productivity and efficiency. Offering an additional higher horsepower model at the M specification level, operators can cut a denser crop more efficiently. Additionally, the all-new W260M seamlessly pairs with the new mounted-merger option, allowing op  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Feb. 14 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly announced last week a Governor's Budget Amendment to her Fiscal Year 2025 budget proposal to invest over $23 million for the Intellectual/Developmental Disability (I/DD) and Physical Disability (PD) waivers, creating 250 new slots for each. This investment will allow 500 more Kansans with disabilities to receive critical services such as in-home care while Governor K  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Feb. 14 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: The University of Kansas School of Pharmacy has lowered its nonresident tuition $50,000 over the course of its four-year Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) program. The tuition reduction applies to first-year pharmacy students admitted during the current academic year and beyond. Over the course of the four-year Pharm.D. program, tuition for nonresident students is now $133,378. The cost of pharmacy tuition for Kansas   more

MARYVILLE, Missouri, Feb. 14 -- Northwest Missouri State University issued the following news release: A Northwest Missouri State University student's experience at a coastal laboratory provided her with insight into the state of oceans while improving her communication skills as an aspiring scientist. Lauren Valenzuela, a senior general biology major from Pittsburg, Kansas, spent 14 weeks last fall at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay, Maine. The Bigelow Laboratory i  more