Over the coming months, City of Lawrence planning staff will be studying what new rules for data centers should be in the city’s code – and data center development will be on hold while they do that work. The City Commission on Tuesday, after hearing from a crowd of advocates, voted ...

There are healthy sister city pairings, says Bill Keel, chair of Sister Cities Lawrence. And then there’s Polittourismus. That’s German for “political tourism,” says Keel, a professor emeritus of German studies at the University of Kansas. “You’re just kind of a political bigwig, ...

Just how long has Lawrence’s city staff been working toward its 2027 budget proposal? The answer to that question might be a year, a few years – or even, in Acting City Manager Casey Toomay’s case, a whole career. “More than 25 years ago, as I mentioned, I was a graduate student ...

Applications are now open for the City of Lawrence's next round of Affordable Housing Trust Fund projects, the city announced this week. The trust fund is supported by the local affordable housing sales tax, and each year the Affordable Housing Advisory Board reviews applications and makes its ...

Right after a parade of department heads presented their 2027 budget plans to the City Commission, Acting City Manager Casey Toomay told commissioners the budget was “more than just a collection of numbers.” Instead, she said, it was a collection of priorities. And among the top ...

Every time someone is arrested on a municipal offense and stays in the Douglas County Jail for more than four hours, the Lawrence Police Department is billed $287 a day. In 2027 that bill will be $301 a day. "The impact on our budget has been significant," Lawrence Police Chief Rich Lockhart ...