This will be the second research reactor to be built in Columbia, and is expected to cost more than $1 billion.

A new proposal from Patmos aims to turn the historic Kansas City Star building into an AI factory and startup tech hub, potentially bringing hundreds of high-paying jobs to the city.

Downtown Lawrence Inc. supports the University of Kansas’ ongoing Gateway Project, but as the organization’s executive director Andrew Holt said on Wednesday, “We feel that it will really be positive ...