At a forum Saturday, candidates for the three open Lawrence City Commission seats were in broad agreement on a slate of questions about environmental issues and the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department. The forum, hosted by the Lawrence chapter of the NAACP, drew an audience of about 25 ...

The five candidates running for the four Lawrence school board positions on the Nov. 5 ballot shared their differing views on the challenges facing the school district, including the role that school resource officers should play, on Saturday at a forum sponsored by the Lawrence chapter of the ...

Lawrence City Commission candidates discussed several environmental and climate issues at a forum Wednesday evening, including the role they think local elected officials have in addressing climate change. The forum at the University of Kansas' Lied Center was moderated by KU Public Affairs ...

Residents in Douglas County who wish to cast election ballots through the mail will no longer need to pay postage to do so. Advance ballot envelopes will now be marked with postage already paid, the Douglas County Clerk’s Office announced in a Monday news release. Previously, voters who cast ...

At a forum Thursday evening, Lawrence City Commission candidates discussed several issues affecting downtown Lawrence, including what they would do to support downtown businesses. Two candidates said they would support some form of a vacancy tax. Downtown Lawrence Inc. hosted the forum at Abe ...

Having grown up in Lawrence, Courtney Shipley says she knows there are people who have left the city only because they couldn’t afford to stay. “Their parents are here, and they love it here and they wish they could raise their kids here, but it’s really expensive and there are no ...