Tuesday - March 24, 2026

State Tipoffs Involving Kansas

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University of Kansas: Embrace of Authoritarianism in US Fueled by Culture Wars More Than Economy, Study Finds
LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 6 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * Embrace of authoritarianism in US fueled by culture wars more than economy, study finds A new book chapter examines Donald Trump's intention to be a dictator "on day one" of his second term in office, as he said in a 2023 interview. He scrutinizes Trump's assertion that many individuals "like" such talk of a dictatorship, and finds that this is fueled more by the culture wars than the economy. Image credit:  more
University of Kansas: Program Will Train High Schoolers to Write Code and Develop Microelectronics for Artificial Intelligence
LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 6 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * Program will train high schoolers to write code and develop microelectronics for artificial intelligence LAWRENCE -- Public high school students in Kansas and two other states will receive training in the cutting-edge field of artificial intelligence, learning to create both code that underpins AI and the microelectronics to run it -- as part of the United States' push to keep the lead in microchip manufact  more