Tiny homes, tenant education, senior apartments and a handful of other projects are all seeking money from the city's affordable housing trust in 2026, and an advisory board next week will start the process of figuring out what to fund. The Affordable Housing Trust Fund is supported by a local ...
Lawrence city commissioners next week will weigh in on a proposed policy that would set guidelines for how affordable housing incentives are issued. The commission won't be voting on the more than 50-page Affordable Housing Incentive Policy next week, but it will hear a presentation on it and ...
Story updated at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 7: Lawrence City Manager Craig Owens will be leaving his job with the city in May of 2026, the city announced in a news release Friday morning. Owens was hired in 2019 after the previous city manager, Tom Markus, retired. The news release did not ...
City staff is recommending an increase in fines for traffic infractions and speeding for the first time in more than a decade, and the Lawrence City Commission will be considering it at its meeting on Tuesday. A report in the commission's meeting agenda from Municipal Court Administrator Vicki ...
It won't be clearing any yellow brick roads, but one Lawrence snowplow now has a great and plow-erful new name: "The Blizzard of Oz." The City of Lawrence this week announced the punny moniker as the winner of the 2025 snowplow naming contest. In a post on Facebook, it said more than 300 name ...
Story updated at 3:08 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5: Lawrence residents can start purchasing recreation center memberships in less than two weeks, and the City of Lawrence will be holding information sessions later this month to answer questions about the new fees and help people sign up. The city ...