Lawrence Mayor Brad Finkeldei, City Commissioner Amber Sellers and dozens of other people from Lawrence who helped welcome Algeria during the FIFA World Cup will be visiting the North African nation next week. The city announced in a news release on Wednesday that the trip would run from Nov. ...

Voters have passed an increase in the sales tax that funds Lawrence’s bus system, according to unofficial election results Tuesday night. As of around 9:45 p.m. Tuesday, with 100% of precincts reporting in Douglas County, voters in Lawrence were split about 56% yes and 44% no on the tax ...

After reaffirming how important they thought KU’s Gateway project was for Lawrence and the university, city commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to authorize issuing up to $100 million in STAR and Community Improvement District bonds for its second phase. The Gateway project, a multi-use ...

To keep its Gateway project on schedule, the University of Kansas wants Lawrence to issue STAR bonds and other incentives for the project now, and city leaders on Tuesday will vote on whether to do that. At its meeting on Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will be asked to consider ...

An election that will decide the winners for everything from U.S. senator to governor to county commissioners to township officials is entering its final stages. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday. The final day of voting follows a multi-week period of advance voting. In ...

I think Lawrence might be the most compassionate community in Kansas. Think about it: Local government created its own mental health center to provide the compassion the state’s understaffed mental healthcare system hasn’t provided. Lawrence has not one, but two, tiny home projects ...