The City of Lawrence has announced additional ways for residents to learn about a proposed bus route redesign and provide their input. Earlier this week, the city announced two options for the long-awaited redesign of the city’s bus routes, both of which include a traditional network of bus ...
In the face of lower vaccination rates among Lawrence police officers when compared to other local first responders, the city’s police union says it respects officers’ right not to get vaccinated. As the Journal-World recently reported, though the City of Lawrence has seen a significant ...
Douglas County’s top election official has begun notifying about 1,200 county voters that they may have incorrectly received an extra ballot in the mail for the upcoming city and school board elections. But Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew said Wednesday that he’s confident the ballot ...
The development of a local climate action plan that will call for specific actions from local governments is underway, and a proposal is expected to come before city and county leaders for review this coming spring. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission received an ...
The City of Lawrence is seeking feedback from residents on two options for a long-awaited redesign of the city's bus routes, both of which include Uber-like "microtransit" options, though with different ideas for how that service would function. Both scenarios call for a traditional network ...
Though the City of Lawrence has seen a significant increase in the vaccination rates among employees since announcing a new testing policy a month ago, numbers show there are notable differences among the vaccination rates of the community's first responders. The vaccination rate for Lawrence ...