Democrat Ethan Spurling has won the District 4 seat on the Douglas County Commission, defeating a seated commissioner in both the primary and general elections, where the commissioner ran as a write-in candidate. Spurling secured the general election win against Gene Dorsey, a Democrat, who is ...
Incumbent Patrick Kelly, a Democrat, will keep his seat on the Douglas County Commission after running unopposed in Tuesday’s election. This will be Kelly’s third term on the County Commission's District 1. The district includes parts of northern, northwestern and central Lawrence. Kelly ...
Incumbent Erica Anderson will serve her second term on the Douglas County Commission after winning the District 5 race on Tuesday. Anderson, a Democrat, had garnered 6,652 votes as of 9:50 p.m. Tuesday to win District 5, according to unofficial election results. The district includes a small ...
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 ...
Federal authorities charged an Oklahoma City man with sending hundreds of letters containing white powder and ominous warnings about treason to public officials ahead of the 2024 and 2026 elections. The powders turned out to be nonhazardous — yeast or flour — though not all letters have ...
