As the deadlines approach for Lawrence’s 2027 budget process, some city commissioners are still intent on getting to a smaller property tax rate increase, or even keeping the rate flat. What they’re still trying to figure out is which specific cuts will get them there. The city ...
News and notes from around town: A red door is coming to downtown Lawrence, and that likely means a green light for those who like to fill their home with designer décor. Red Door Home Store is opening its first Lawrence location next month, after years of serving the home décor markets in ...
One of the largest annexation requests in recent memory in Lawrence won approval from the City Commission on Tuesday night. Commissioners voted 5-0 to approve the annexation request and an amendment to the comprehensive plan for land use for roughly 288 acres southwest of Sixth Street and ...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The person Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents targeted in Maine last month when an officer shot and killed a motorist was a roommate who was not subject to a final removal order, a Democratic congresswoman from the state said. Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, ...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State fraternity pledges were made to cut and package cocaine for a drug ring that was run out of two off-campus frat houses, authorities said. The illicit initiation was revealed Monday as Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday charged 14 people — ...
It has long been known that a cemetery is one of the surest forms of tax relief, but come to find out such relief doesn’t have to come with a tombstone. The volunteer boards who run the local cemeteries do a pretty good job of controlling taxes in their own right. The Journal-World reviewed ...
