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No raises this year for most university leaders By Sara Shepherd Twitter: @saramarieshep
Topeka — With one exception, state university presidents will not get raises for the coming year. The Kansas Board of Regents on Thursday voted to keep five of the six state university CEOs’ salaries the same for fiscal year 2017 and to increase the base salary
But Pittsburg State president will see 2 percent salary hike of Pittsburg State University president Steve Scott by 2 percent. “For the most part, other than that, I think we’re largely in line with the market and will stay status quo,” said Regent Joe Bain, who made the motion.
Rather than going into effect immediately, Scott’s raise will be in the form of deferred compensation, details about which the board will negotiate with him, Bain said. Scott, who has led Pittsburg State since July 2009, is now the state’s
senior-most university CEO, Regents members noted. (Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little took office in August 2009.) Last year all university CEOs got 2 percent raises, which the Regents called necessary to bring compensation up to market rates. Please see RAISES, page 2A
KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little’s salary will stay at $510,041 for the coming year.
Panels mull ways to keep schools open By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock
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WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT WESLEY BURK, 11, one of the youngest participants, sifts some dirt at the dig site.
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rom June 2 through today, the Kansas Historical Society in partnership with the Kansas Anthropological Association, held the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program field school. This year the program investigated the Last Chance Store in Council Grove, a stone structure at 502 West Main St., built in 1857. The site was the last place
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Topeka — State lawmakers, and members of the public, were deeply divided Thursday about how best to prevent the Kansas Supreme Court LEGISLATURE from closing schools next month and whether Online: a constitutional amend- Watch video ment is needed to pre- clips from vent such a threat in the the Journalfuture. World’s The House and Sen- stream of ate judiciary commit- Thursday’s tees held a joint hear- hearings at ing Thursday to discuss LJWorld. those issues in advance com/ of next week’s special ksleg616. legislative session to deal with the Supreme Court’s latest school finance order. Please see SCHOOLS, page 2A
travelers could obtain supplies before embarking on the 600mile trail to Santa Fe, N.M. This annual field school, held around the state, offers experiences for professionals, students and families. Several Lawrence residents participated in this year’s and past field schools. See a video from the dig online at LJWorld.com/lastchance.
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Headliner Maria Bamford on pugs, psychiatry and perks of getting older By Joanna Hlavacek Twitter: @HlavacekJoanna
LEFT: THE EXCAVATION SITE at the Last Chance Store in Council Grove. RIGHT: A coin minted in 1851 was among the artifacts found.
2016 Best of Lawrence winners announced Staff Reports
As Lee Meisel and his wife, K, celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary next week, he says now they’ll have “an even better excuse to celebrate.”
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that he said was unex-
It’s an amazing feeling … We just live in the pected. best city in the world for this kind of thing.” “It’s an amazing — Lee Meisel, of Best New Restaurant winner Leeway Franks Their business, Leeway Franks at 935 Iowa St., was voted
Best New Restaurant in 2016’s Best of Lawrence — a victory
feeling … We just live in the best city in the world for this kind of thing,” Meisel said. “We’ve said it many
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See the winners at bestoflawrence.com, and get the Best of Lawrence magazine with Sunday’s Journal-World.
A p.m. storm
In her acclaimed, semi-autobiographical Netflix series “Lady Dynamite,” comedian Maria Bamford mines her struggles with mental illness (the Minnesota native checked herself into a psych ward a few years back after being diagnosed with Bipolar II disorder, and subsequently checked out, at least partly, from Hollywood) for quirky, frenetic, at times poignant laughs.
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