Lawrence is charging water, sewer customers a special tax not required by state or city law
In the world of water and sewer utilities, what you can’t see often rules the day — miles and miles of pipes beneath the ground. Those pipes, some more than a century old, are the most frequent exhibit city officials point to when residents question why water and sewer bills in Lawrence ...
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One of the many painstaking parts of the historic Douglas County Courthouse’s recent renovation was DOUGLAS COUNTY COURT HOUSE itself. The ...
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Lawrence is charging water, sewer customers a special tax not required by state or city law
Lawrence housing market strains residents as development fails to keep up, city’s affordable housing study finds
