2015 News Archive
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HB 2237 resembles 'Whack a Mole' game
If you ever think you’ve mastered the art of legislature-watching in Kansas, think again.“What appears to be reality may turn out to be fantasy,” said Richard Gannon, director of governmental affairs...
Friends, former students seek to endow Eblen scholarship
Friends and former students of Tom Eblen are trying to establish an endowed scholarship in his name at the University of Kansas.Eblen served as the long-time general manager of the University Daily...
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Lloyd Craig: 56 years at the Winfield Courier
By DAVE SEATON, Winfield Publishing ChairmanLloyd E. Craig, 82, publisher of the Winfield Daily Courier, died Wednesday, March 11, 2015.Services will be 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Swisher-Taylor...
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Free legislative coverage: are you using it?
LAWRENCE — Journalism students at the University of Kansas have been uploading from two to four stories each day since the Kansas legislative session began for use by Kansas Press Association members...
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Public notice bill sent to different House committee
For reasons known only to the Kansas House leadership, HB 2237, a bill that would give municipalities the option to run public notices in a newspaper or on a website was transferred this week from...
Sunshine Week is March 15 to 21
Make plans now to join news organizations across the country in observing Sunshine Week March 15 to 21. Participate in the discussion about the importance of access to public information and what it...
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Countdown begins for 2015 KPA convention
The 2015 annual convention of the Kansas Press Association is just five weeks away, and the deadline for reserving a hotel room is later this week.
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KPA decides listserve best for editorial sharing
Enough interest has been expressed in an editorial sharing service through the Kansas Press Association that a new listserve has been established.Decisions on which editorials to share will be up to...
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Are you utilizing free legislative coverage?
LAWRENCE — Journalism students at the University of Kansas have been uploading from two to four stories each day since the Kansas legislative session began in January for use by Kansas Press...
Former Eagle publisher Brown dead at 87
Harry B. "Britt" Brown Jr., 87, whose great-grandfather Col. Marshall M. Murdock founded the Wichita Eagle, died at his home on Jan. 26, 2015.Brown attended the University of Southern California,...
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