Riders generally “feel safe in most places” on Lawrence Transit's bus routes, a new survey shows, “except for one” — the stop across from the Lawrence Public Library on Vermont Street. That's from a report the City of Lawrence shared this month on the transit survey, which got 222 ...
With the green light from the Lawrence City Commission, the Lawrence Public Library's effort to put a pavilion and performance space on its lawn should soon be underway. On Tuesday, the commission approved a minor change to its lease agreement with the library that will let the library erect ...
When Lawrence’s new strategic plan is crafted in the coming months, the Environmental Sustainability Advisory Board wants to make sure its vision is a green one. The board met on Thursday night to further discuss what environmental policies and projects it should recommend to the City ...
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is now warning Lawrence and two other Kansas cities to repeal their bans on so-called conversion therapy after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against such bans earlier this year. Conversion therapy is a practice that aims to change a person’s sexual ...
City Commissioner Kristine Polian, who’s worked for two decades in municipal governments, knows “audit” isn’t a pleasant word to hear. “Audit, and add ‘forensic’ to it, forensic audit, it’s a four-letter word for most people,” she told the Journal-World on Wednesday. ...
While their opinions differ on how Lawrence should choose its mayor, city commissioners think there should be much more discussion before they ask voters about it. On Tuesday, commissioners discussed the idea of a future ballot question on whether Lawrence residents should directly elect the ...