MANHATTAN, Kansas, May 15 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: Kansas State University is recognizing four faculty members for outstanding work in their roles as educators through the Commerce Bank and W.T. Kemper Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Awards. This year's award recipients include Grant Alford, associate professor of architecture; Julia Keen, professor of architectural engineering and construction science and Bob and Betty Tointon Engineering Chair; Ryan Raf  more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, May 15 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: Kansas State University officials have cited a Manhattan-based innovation lab's "decade of success" in providing global food security as key to a $6 million award announced recently by the U.S. Agency for International Development. Officials with USAID announced that K-State's Feed the Future Sustainable Intensification Innovation Lab, or SIIL, will receive the grant to strengthen existing agricultural rese  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 16 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 14, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly ceremonially signed House Bill 2536 today, establishing the Support, Opportunity, Unity, and Legal (SOUL) Family permanency option for children aging out of the state's foster care system. "My administration has been focused on reforming our child welfare system and reducing the number of children and teenagers entering foster care," Governor Laura Kelly said. "The chan  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 16 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly today signed House Substitute for Senate Bill 387, fully funding K-12 education for the sixth consecutive year and making the initial investment into fully funding special education. The bill builds on Governor Kelly's commitment to fully funding public schools and providing the resources needed to ensure Kansas students are prepared for lifelong learning. "Kansas' publ  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 15 -- The Kansas Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Kansas Department of Transportation, Kansas Highway Patrol and Kansas Turnpike Authority remind motorists of the importance of wearing seat belts no matter where they sit in a vehicle. "Many people wrongly believe they're safe without a seat belt, especially in a larger vehicle like a pickup truck, or if they're traveling on rural roads," said KDOT Secretary Calvin Reed. "Our data shows a s  more