A group of local builders and developers was successful in convincing Lawrence city commissioners to postpone a change in the city’s policy on unpaid special assessments. But the city said it would not approve any benefit district financing for city improvements until the group reported back in three to four weeks with recommendations on how to boost the city’s collection of delinquent special assessments.

Lawrence police were seeking a motive in a stabbing incident that left three men injured in a southwest Lawrence residence. There had been no critical wounds and the incident appeared to involve just the three men rather than some outsider who had struck and vanished.