A common take on this year’s presidential election is that a focus on “boutique” or “exotic” issues such as transgender rights alienated most American voters. “Americans who identify with a gender other than the one they were born with represent a minuscule part of the ...
Douglas County commissioners will have a lot to think about – like expanding parking, updating restroom fixtures or adding a solar panel system – as the expansion of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center and the development of the new Public Safety Building move forward. On Wednesday, ...
Douglas County commissioners have all voiced their support for the Senior Resource Center becoming a county department, and staff should provide a timeline by early next year to show how a potential transition would look. On Wednesday, county commissioners heard from the Senior Resource ...
A Eudora man was ordered to stand trial on Wednesday after a teenage girl testified that he touched her in ways that made her feel uncomfortable and repeatedly exposed himself to her on video chat while she was playing online video games. After a hearing in Douglas County District Court that ...
A $60 million project to add new space to the University of Kansas’ School of Architecture & Design is moving forward, and KU’s main campus may get a new “iconic” building out of the deal too. KU leaders told the Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday that the university intends to ...
The Lawrence City Commission unanimously approved increases to the city's solid waste and stormwater utility rates for 2025 on Tuesday night, some of which were smaller than last year's rate increases. For the solid waste rates, Mike Lawless, the deputy director for Lawrence’s Municipal and ...
