Douglas County commissioners will consider adopting the 2027 budget on Wednesday, which includes a property tax rate decrease from last year. The proposed budget being considered on Wednesday follows two weeks of hearings from community partners and deliberations between county commissioners ...
Plans to build more than a thousand new homes and apartments west of the Bob Billings Parkway and South Lawrence Trafficway interchange hit a snag at Monday’s Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission meeting. Planning commissioners on a 4-3 vote recommended denial of a request to annex ...
Lawrence school board members on Monday heard about the principles that will guide the district in creating a new artificial intelligence policy, which is expected to be proposed before the next school year. Although the board is still some time away from seeing a draft of the policy, district ...
TOPEKA — Kansas legislators object to diversion of $24 million to disability services for the frail elderly and people with brain injuries that had been earmarked for benefit of Kansans with intellectual or developmental disabilities stuck for years on a bloated waiting list. During an ...
A Lawrence police sergeant testified for hours on Monday about her order to arrest a so-called "First Amendment auditor" who is charged with felony interference with law enforcement in connection with an armed standoff between police and a shooting suspect more than three years ago. A Douglas ...
The Lawrence school board president wants to bring public comment back to school board meetings, but – at least right now – is proposing only letting people speak about specific agenda items being discussed, and not allowing comments via videoconference. The school board hasn’t had a ...
