LJWorld.com Headlines for April 29

TOP STORY [A look at the finances of Kansas Athletics: Rising revenues, soaring costs, big bets]( [While Kansas Athletics' revenues have increased by 68 percent since 2006, its expenses have increased by 93 percent. ]( By: Chad Lawhorn Forget the numbers on the Memorial Stadium scoreboard, if you can. Divert your attention from the more pleasing numbers on the Allen Fieldhouse Jumbotron for ... Posted today at 12:00 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Quick action prevented stroke survivor from suffering permanent damage]( [When Saundra Pichelman, left, was having a stroke, her husband, John, recognized the signs and took her to the hospital immediately. Six years later, Saundra suffers no impairment.]( By: Mattie Carter, Lawrence Memorial Hospital “Something funny is going on,” Saundra Pichelman, told her husband, John, on a November night six years ago. John insisted she go to the hospital ... Posted today at 12:00 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [KU basketball saves athletic department budget, allows leaders to dream of 'blue sky potential']( [Allen Fieldhouse is shown in this Journal-World file photo.]( By: Chad Lawhorn Despite popular opinion, KU has a good football program. It just happens to play basketball. No, you haven’t missed any gridiron victories. Rather, that ... Posted today at 12:00 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Healthy Outlook: Lessons from my colleagues, and my plans for the Journal-World's Health section]( [I spent four days in Phoenix for the Association of Health Care Journalists’ 2018 conference, thanks to a fellowship from the Kansas Health Foundation. I heard from health experts as well as from colleagues in journalism who are making big changes in their communities and even across the country.]( By: Mackenzie Clark This column is about to enter its seventh month, which feels simultaneously like the blink of an eye and eons. I wanted to pause for ... Posted today at 12:00 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Everybody Day' to offer family fun, benefit suicide prevention center]( [Headquarters Counseling Center logo]( By: Staff Report Headquarters Inc., the Lawrence-based suicide prevention center, will host Everybody Day 2018, “celebrating the most important member of our community: you,” according to its Facebook ... Posted yesterday at 3:50 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [House passes school funding fix; blocks efforts to add more money]( [Rep. Fred Patton, R-Topeka, who chairs the House K-12 Education Budget Committee, listens during debate Saturday, April 28, 2018 on a bill to fix a flaw in the recently passed school finance plan, which lawmakers hope will satisfy the Kansas Supreme Court's demand that lawmakers pass a constitutionally adequate funding system.]( By: Peter Hancock Democrats offered several amendments to add additional money to the school finance plan that will soon be reviewed by the Kansas Supreme Court. But Republicans ... Posted yesterday at 3:20 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [Kansas House gives final OK to budget increases]( [Rep. Troy Waymaster, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, takes a rest near the speaker's podium during lengthy debate Friday on a bill that adds more than $1 billion in state spending through the end of the next fiscal year.]( By: Peter Hancock The bill adds more than $1 billion in new spending, on top of the two-year spending plan lawmakers approved in 2017. The Senate plans to ... Posted yesterday at 2:20 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- You are receiving this email because of your relationship with the Lawrence Journal-World or because at some point in the past you shared your email address with us. If you no longer want to receive emails from us, follow instructions at the link below. [Click here to manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World P.O Box 888, Lawrence, Kansas 66044