Since Shannon Kimball began serving in the Lawrence school district in 2010, the Lawrence school board has approved several construction projects to renovate buildings across the district. While Kimball, who served on a special elementary school facilities task force for the district in 2010 ...

Having grown up in Lawrence, Ken Easthouse said he did not shy away from a healthy debate when it came to local issues. “We have a spirit in Lawrence that loves to debate, and everyone has their own pet issue that they love to talk about, and that’s one of the things that makes Lawrence ...

When Carole Cadue-Blackwood was a fifth-grade student at Cordley Elementary School, a teacher told her she didn’t think Cadue-Blackwood would finish her education. “I was really skinny, we were really poor, and I got bullied,” she said. “(The teacher) said, ‘I bet a dime to a dollar ...

For Stuart Boley, some of the best conversations about local politics happen not behind the microphone at City Hall, but over a cup of coffee. Boley, the lone incumbent candidate in the upcoming City Commission election, said that he goes to a monthly coffee meetup, hosted by Community Village ...

At a forum Wednesday, Lawrence City Commission candidates discussed several issues affecting the city, including proposed growth policies, economic incentives and what the city should do with excess savings in the future. The Lawrence chamber of commerce hosted the forum at Maceli's Banquet ...

All of the candidates in this year's Lawrence City Commission race except for incumbent Stuart Boley expressed opposition to recreation center entrance fees and the city's current sidewalk repair ordinance at a forum on Saturday. The forum, hosted at the Lawrence Arts Center and organized by ...