Sixty people from 23 states have applied to be Lawrence’s next city manager, and the Lawrence City Commission plans to start evaluating those applications as early as next week. Lawrence is currently looking for a successor for City Manager Craig Owens, who announced last year that he would ...
Lawrence will soon start accepting applications for a construction manager for its new fire station, Fire Station 6, which is expected to start construction next year. On Tuesday, the commission voted 5-0 to approve a method called “construction manager at risk” to build Fire Station 6. ...
Good people can change bad laws — if they aren’t too scared to try, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told a Lawrence crowd on Tuesday evening. The power of people and the need for courage were a pair of themes that Sotomayor came back to multiple times during an approximately ...
As the City of Lawrence prepares to start its next strategic plan, a survey is showing that residents are feeling good about arts and culture, but not so good about the economy, city leaders heard on Tuesday. At their weekly meeting, city commissioners heard the results of the National ...
ORLANDO, Fla. — Environmental groups on Tuesday asked a federal appellate court panel to drop its temporary halt of a lower court's order instructing state officials to close an immigration detention center in the heart of the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The Everglades ...
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas health regulators told Camp Mystic's owners Tuesday they are investigating hundreds of complaints following last year's devastating floods that killed 27 girls as the state considers whether to allow the all-girls camp to reopen this summer. The Texas Rangers are also ...
