City Commissioner Mike Dever said he wasn’t exactly happy with Lawrence’s 2027 budget. He wasn’t happy that it would raise the property tax rate by about 1 1/2 mills. But he also said that without his vote, and with the commission evenly split between yes and no, there would be no ...

A business that manufactures complex piping and cooling systems for large buildings — everything from the big Panasonic plant in De Soto to AI data centers — officially opened its new facility Tuesday in Lawrence Venture Park. Leaders of U.S. Engineering Metalworks gathered with several ...

After months of discussions and a few recent changes, city leaders will soon take their final vote on a 2027 budget plan with a roughly 1-mill property tax rate increase. The Lawrence City Commission will consider Tuesday whether to adopt the $397 million budget, which staff has tweaked a bit ...

Years after a study said it might have to move, Lawrence’s new city manager says Fire Station 3 on Sixth Street is already in “the perfect place,” and that renovating it instead of relocating it could save millions of dollars. On Tuesday, city commissioners unanimously approved a ...

An economic development incentive request for a 341-unit market-rate apartment complex near KU Innovation Park won approval from the Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday. Commissioners voted 4-1 to approve a resolution expressing the city’s intent to issue $50 million in Industrial Revenue ...

Though Lawrence's new public works and utilities campus is normally closed to the public, residents can get an inside look at an open house next week. The city in a news release on Tuesday announced that the Municipal Services and Operations campus, 1840 O'Connell Road, will be open from 5 to ...