There’s such a thing as an urban myth, and perhaps, there’s a Douglas County myth too. The urban one is likely to make its appearance around a campfire, a water cooler or even a bar.
The Douglas County variety tends to show up around tax time.
As Douglas County property owners face their largest property tax increase in recent memory — many tax bills will be at least 10% higher than a year ago — ...
Call it the Douglas County dichotomy.
In a year when many Douglas County residents may have to dip into their savings accounts to pay their property tax bills, Douglas County government is significantly growing its savings account.
A review of Douglas County’s proposed 2023 budget found that commissioners are poised to start 2023 with fund balance totals — the equivalent of savings accounts or rainy day ...
Call it a flock, call it a mass, call it a very long line of vehicles. Whatever you call it, Lawrence motorists should know that several thousand Jayhawks will be arriving in town on Thursday and Friday.
Motorists should expect significant traffic delays on parts of Iowa Street, 23rd Street, Clinton Parkway and Bob Billings Parkway on Thursday and Friday as University of Kansas students start moving into ...
A $24 million research and office building will house nearly a dozen tech companies and eventually add about 225 employees to the University of Kansas' West Campus, a Lawrence crowd was told Wednesday.
An opening ceremony for the recently completed building at KU Innovation Park attracted many of the state’s top leaders on Wednesday, and also produced much talk about how the new KU-led project will produce ...
If you pay property taxes in Douglas County, chances are you soon will pay more of them.
Even if the governments that serve you — the county, a city, a school district, a township — hold their property tax rates steady, you likely are going to pay more in property taxes. Even if the government reduces its property tax rate, there’s a strong chance you’ll still pay more in property taxes.
How so? In ...
Douglas County officials are open to trying a more patient, less aggressive approach in dealing with rural properties that are violating some county codes, county commissioners were told Wednesday evening.
County commissioners at their weekly meeting unanimously approved a temporary business use permit that will give a rural resident up to five years to remove approximately 100 vehicles — many of them ...
